Award winning painter, Barbara McGuckin, has been painting since 1973, studying under world known artists from Spain, England, Australia, Mexico and Brazil. She is an active member of WOCP & IPAT.

In 1994, at Albuquerque, New Mexico, she placed 2nd during the International Porcelian Artist and Teachers convention, which featured artists from 39 countries, for which she was published in IPAT Magazine and Newspapers.