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Born in 1928 in Angus, Scotland, Sheila Findlay studied art at Edinburgh College of Art 1945-1951 and specialised in stained glass and mural painting with Leonard Rosoman. Her post-graduate studies, 1949-1950, were followed by and award of a year's travelling scholarship in France, Italy and Sweden.
Sheila moved to London in 1951, working as a freelance designer/illustrator in Chelsea. She produced work for leading publishing houses such as Faber & Faber, Bodley Head, Adprint, The Medici Society, etc. She exhibited in The Royal Academy, Young Contemporaries, The London Group, Paintings for Schools, and Britain in Watercolours.
Sheila currently lives and works in Kent, spending part of the year in her studio in Edinburgh. She was elected a Member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1969.
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