Margaret Clarke

Margaret Clarke is a birthplace in Newry, County Armagh, Ireland. Perhaps the girl who became an Irish painter first watched rain strike pavement there, learning to see edges before she ever held a brush. Maybe she was born in 1884 or 1888, and either date is a door into the same room: a child watching light change on ordinary things. Imagine her standing at a window, not knowing she would spend a life returning to that view.