Born in Yorkshire she was a student of William Selby.  Her paintings, often figurative, reveal a world of experiences and situations translated through a degree of abstraction.  Elected a member of the R.O.I. in 1992 and a member of the R.B.A. in 1998 she has exhibited at numerous principal galleries including the Royal Academy.  She was awarded the Cuthbert Mill prize in 1996 at the R.B.A., the Le Clese Medal in 1998 at the R.O.I. and the Alan Gourley Memorial award in 2000.