Margaret Hall Hoybach is a native of Washington, DC. She received her BA from the University of Maryland School of Fine Arts in 1966 and took advanced studies at the University of California at Davis, CA. Extensive painting trips to Europe, the Orient, and throughout the United States have given her a rich inspiration for her watercolors. Hoybach’s work centers on close-ups of nature and combines integral detail with impressionistic interpretation. During thirty years of worldwide travel, Margaret has developed sketching techniques the enable her to capture the essential magnetism of the subject on site and then turn these sketches into finished paintings. Viewers take pleasure in her vibrant colors that highlight her floral and Lowcountry paintings. 

 Hoybach is a lecturer at universities, colleges, museums, and to professional organizations. She conducts watercolor workshops in the United States and abroad and has juried and judged numerous shows in the southeastern United States. She has an educational television series on painting, 'The Artistry of Margaret Hall Hoybach', which is produced and shown in the Washington, DC area.  Her latest book, "Colors of France: A Painting Pilgrimage," was published and released in the summer of 2002.  For the past several years she has concentrated on painting and conducting workshops in Southern France and show of her French works opened in Provence, France in July,1999. Margaret and her husband live near Charleston, SC.

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