Painter and draughtsman, born in Aberdeen, who studied with Roy Oxlade, 1977–82. She participated in a number of group exhibitions including RA; Oxford County Museum, Woodstock; Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; and Usher Gallery, Lincoln. Included in the 1991 David Bomberg and his followers exhibition at Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne. Her picture Embalmed With A Cat was selected for the 1992 East & South Norwich Gallery/Kent Institute of Art and Design show. In 2000 and 2003, Hayes was shortlisted for the £25,000 Charles Wollaston Prize at the RA Summer Exhibition. Later solo shows included Harriet Green Gallery, 1997; SFMoMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2002; and Café Gallery Projects, 2003. Hayes was a part-time art teacher at Tunbridge Wells Adult Education Centre, 1986–90.