Born in Ireland in 1968, Sheila was educated at the Limerick School of Art and Design. Having gained a Distinction in her BA Honours Degree in Fine Art she went on to gain her Masters at the University of Wales Institute in 1993.

Sheila has exhibited her work in Dublin, Limerick, Cork and Galway, in Ireland. Following a move to Wales she has shown her work in Cardiff and finally arrived in Brighton where she took up a teaching career. While based in Brighton she was invited to show her work in the Markovitch Gallery in London.

Currently Sheila has furthered her teaching career as head of Art of a Secondary school in Canterbury and has made her home in Whitstable. Living by the sea and surrounded by lovely countryside has inspired her current painting , exhibited exclusively at the Terence Macklin Gallery.

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