Before painting an image Baynton selects her subjects carefully and does extensive research on her subjects using libraries, museums, archives and in the case of animals she will travel to windswept fields or mountains and crouch motionless for hours observing the animals in their natural habitat taking frequent photographs and making many sketches. This first hand experience with her subjects combined with an uncanny ability to use light and soft edges results in a vibrant, living canvas.

Born in England in 1954, she immigrated to Canada at the age of five. Her artistic inclinations and awareness of the natural world emerged at an early age with an appreciation for the textures and movements in the world around her. In 1972 after receiving a scholarship to the Banff School of Fine Arts, Baynton's artistic career was launched and at the young age of 18 she chose to be a  full time artist.

Under the guidance and encouragement of her grade school teachers Baynton began working with oils and continues to work in this medium today. Since 1984 she has completed and sold over 100 paintings which hang in private and corporate collections in Canada and the U.S.

In 1988 Maurade was chosen as the feature artist in a national program which helped support The Canadian  Nature Federation and created the availability of selected wildlife prints of her work to Canadians from coast to coast.

Maurade has contributed to several conservation organizations such as The World Wildlife Fund and the Alberta Wilderness Association to further the preservation of wild habitat and endangered species. Her generosity and commitment to the community is also evident  in the limited edition print program, titled, " The Children of  the Festival ".  Proceeds of this series of  prints help to support Festival Place, a cultural center,  located in her home town , Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.