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Painter, printmaker and teacher who studied at Northampton School of Art, 1966–8; Birmingham College of Art and Design, 1968–70; City of Leicester Polytechnic, 1970–1; and Bristol Polytechnic, 1987–8; she gained a diploma in fine arts (honours) and her art teacher’s diploma. Willoughby taught groups widely across the country and ran her own printmaking workshop in Somerset. Her colourful realist-towards-abstract work was based on West Country, southern European and North African locations. Commissions included textile designs for Laura Ashley, 1989; painting commission for National Westminster Bank, Bristol, 1992; and a Tree for Life, Somerset Health Trust, 1994–5. Among her group shows were the Printmakers’ Council, from 1988; The Railings Gallery, 1991; RA Summer Exhibition, 1993; Yeovil Arts Centre, 1994; and Attendi Gallery, 1999.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)