Martha Gates-Mawson
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Retired - Jewellery Designer/Silversmith |
| Location | Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I am a young-at-heart artist, mother, and grandmother. I lost my darling husband, Chris, in 2018, so, sadly, I must add widow to my description. I grew up in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, nestled between the Appalachian and Blue Ridge Mountains. I received my bachelor's degree in British Studies from Mary Baldwin College and spent my third year of university studying in Bath, England. (For anyone familiar with what is now Mary Baldwin University, I have to point out that I attended MBC when it repeatedly was ranked highly on lists of best liberal arts colleges and private women's college and back when their admission rate was not a shameful 100 percent.) I live in my beloved Scotland, having returned after a short stint back in the States. This is my home and here I will stay. I have three incredible grown children (my daughter Callie and Chris' daughter Lucy and son Olly) and I am the very proud Nana of Catherine and Alice and of my son-in-law Stuart's daughter Paige. I am also mama to my fur baby, Roxie. |
| Interests | Literature, music, theatre, metal-smithing, jewellery design, painting, and drawing |
| Favorite movies | An American in Paris, To Kill a Mockingbird, Roman Holiday, Il Postino, Sense and Sensibility, Four Weddings and a Funeral, A Patch of Blue, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner... |
| Favorite music | Vaughn Williams' "A Lark Ascending", Erik Satie's "Gynopedie No 1", Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," The Beatles, 60s rock, Original Broadway Cast albums, jazz, classic rock... |
| Favorite books | Life of Pi, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, The Alchemist, A Little Princess, all A.A. Milne books, all Charles Dickens, "A Winter Solstice" |