| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
She was born in Montreal, and moved with her family to Vancouver in 1925. She exhibited her work in the B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1947, 1949, 1950, and 1951. She also exhibited work with the B.C. Society of Artists in 1952 and 1953.
She took art training at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art, the Banff School of Art, Ontario College of Art, and the Montreal Art Institute.
After a tour of Europe in 1953 she commissioned architects Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey to design a modern home for her. She married Massey and had four children.
She died at Lions Gate Hospital in 2011.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 | VAG B.C. Artists 16th Annual | Life |
| 1949 Oct. 8 - 30 | VAG B.C. Artists 18th Annual | Nobel |
| Market Gardens | ||
| 1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17 | VAG B.C. Artists 19th Annual | Ballerinas |
| Old Tree | ||
| 1952 April 1 - 20 | VAG BCSA 42nd Annual | Spring Sun |
| 1953 May 5 - 31 | VAG BCSA 43rd Annual | Hills of Kelowna |
| 1954 May 25 - June 13 | VAG BCSA 44th Annual | Square Viviani |
| Waste Water |
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