Maggie Cochran graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Chichester University in 2017. Subsequently she completed the one-year Porthmeor Programme in St Ives.

In 2016 she was the winner of Cornwall Life Painter of the Year, and she was shortlisted for the Artists & Illustrators Artist of the Year in 2018. Her work is held in private collections both in the UK and abroad.

She works from Krowji Studios in Redruth.