An artist and a part-time leisure trainer in art.  Studied German and Spanish at Manchester University and later Visual Arts and Contemporary Fine Art at Salford University. Married to the artist, Colin Rodney Burrows for 27 years and have two sons, one of whom, Robert, is also a painter. I do some voluntary work with a variety of age-groups and abilities and I also am a member of the Eccles Community Art Gallery, which exhibits the work of local artists, with a new groups show each month.