Margaret Silverwood is a published children’s book author and illustrator. Silverwood graduated from the Quay School of Fine Arts, Whanganui UCOL with a degree in printmaking. Her etchings are influenced by comics, surrealism and her relationship with the natural world.

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,
Don’t fence me in, Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,
Don’t fence me in.
Let me be by my self in the evenin’ breeze
And listen to the murur of the cottonwood trees,
Send me off forever but I ask you please,
Don’t fence me in.
(Don’t Fence Me In (Cole Porter)

margsilver@yahoo.com