Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and teacher, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire. After studying at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, she taught in East End of London, attending evening classes in life drawing at St Martin’s School of Art. In 1978 she began etching one day a week at Camden Institute, in 1981 taking part-time course in lithography at Central School of Art. She taught part-time at adult education classes and at Byam Shaw School of Art. Dowker was a prolific artist, interested in the human figure, who viewed her work “as a form of research, a process of discovery, invention and constant optimism”. Showed in group exhibitions at House Gallery, 1981, and Moira Kelly Gallery, 1982, and was included in the Norwich School of Art Gallery 1986–7 touring show A Reputation Amongst Artists.