Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and teacher, born in Leeds, Yorkshire. Won a scholarship to Leeds Junior Art School aged 14, another taking her to Leeds College of Art, 1948–53, during which she won a travelling scholarship to France, 1951. Taught unenthusiastically, 1953–64, then – with typical steely determination – decided to paint full-time, buying a van for her trips. She found her own subject in industry, depicting machinery technically meticulously, but tinged with poetry. She believed “the excitement I feel about mills, factories, quarries, machinery, sewers and industrial constructions can enable people to see beauty in the drama of components and power.” Her 1973 Bradford Industrial Museum show Components of Power won much acclaim.