Padraig MacMiadhachain was born in 1929 in Ireland, and lived for much of his life on the Isle of Purbeck. He later lived and painted on the Dorset coast, close to St. Ives where he kept a winter studio. During his career he was one of the most consistent and widely exhibited artists of his generation in the UK. His work is in many private collections, among them HM Carlos, King of Spain, Lord Briggs, Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Ronald Alley, the late Peter Sellers, Bob Monkhouse, The Arts Council (Ireland), NBC, Caja Insular de Ahorres de Gran Canaria, Escuela de Bellas Artes (Las Palmas), Hereford College, Oxford, Sussex University, The late President Chernenko, The Bank of China, SG Warburg, Sun Oil International USA, Tosby Investments (Japan), Kobe Steel, to name a few.