She was subsequently a student at Julian Ashton's art school in Sydney, where her teachers included Thea Proctor, and later at the Westminster School of Art, where she was taught by figurative painters Bernard Meninsky and Mark Gertler.
She was subsequently a student at Julian Ashton's art school in Sydney. In 1936 she travelled to England and studied at the Westminster School of Art, where she was taught by figurative painters Bernard Meninsky and Mark Gertler.