Rosemary MacKellaig was born in the Highlands of Scotland.  She discovered her passion for art at the early age of 8 when she won a drawing competition organised by the WWF. Years later, no doubt due to her deception at winning a large sticker, she decided to become an architect. She studied in Aberdeen and Clermont-Ferrand, France and after qualifying she began her working career in Scotland. She later moved to Paris, and then in 2000 to Normandy where she continued to work as an architect. In 2004, she joined her husband when his work moved them to Epinal in the Vosges. There she rediscovered her passion, she put her architectural career momentarily to the side, and decided to work full time as an artist, a longlife dream come to true.