Printmaker, painter in oil and watercolour and teacher, born in Tonbridge, Kent, married to the sculptor Clive Sheppard. She studied at St Albans School of Art, 1950–2, St Martin’s School of Art, 1952–55, and London University Institute of Education, 1955–6. Her teachers were Anthony Caro, Derrick Greaves, Peter de Francia, Frederick Gore and Alistair Grant. In 1954 she won the Pratt Bequest scholarship to Italy. From 1976 she held a number of teaching appointments including College of Art Design, Barnfield, Luton; Middlesex Polytechnic; and Mount St Joseph, Connecticut, and Lansdowne College. She worked at Digswell House Arts Trust before moving to Woburn, Milton Keynes. In 1990 she was artist-in-residence at Bedford School. Took part in many mixed exhibitions including Bear Lane Gallery in Oxford, RA Summer Exhibitions and Cartoon Gallery.