Artist and teacher who, according to the artist and critic Colin Moss, had “the unique ability to see her subject as a collection of impersonal, abstract shapes, which she rearranges on her own terms.” She was born in London and after studies at Ipswich School of Art attended the Royal College of Art, with an Abbey Scholarship in 1962. Taught in further and adult education. Mixed shows included Young Contemporaries; Arnolfini, Bristol; Drawings for All, Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury; and Suffolk Group, of which she was a member. Manor School of Ballet, Edinburgh; Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath; and John Russell Gallery, Ipswich, gave her solo exhibitions. In 2000–1 Drawing in the Dark, at and about Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, stemmed from 18 months working there.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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