Born in England, Shirley emigrated to Australia as a child in 1965. She studied for a Diploma of Art and Design and is a qualified draftsperson.

Since 1990 Shirley has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions and won several Art Awards.

Shirley prefers to work in pastels, acrylics and gouache and their combination.
Her subjects in the main, are water scenes, figures and still life, generated by trips overseas and within Australia.

exhibitions and awards
2006   Winner  -  Wagin Woolerama  - Most outstanding exhibit 
          Duo Exhibition  -  Rottnest Salt Store, Rottnest     
2005   Winner --  Wagin Art Award – Pastel Prize
          Winner – Pinjarra Art Award
          Winner – Harvey Art Award – Still Life 
          Group Exhibition -  Rottnest Salt Store, Rottnest
          Solo Exhibition – The Blue Duck, Cottesloe
2004   Guest artist – St Marks Anglican Community School
          Winner – W A Pastel Society First Prize   
          Winner -- Beverley art award, dry media
          Winner - Miniature painting - Pinjarra Art Award            
2003   Solo exhibition -Kings Hotel Arts café – “People and Places”
          Solo exhibition Albany – Gorepani – “Ebb and Flow”   
          Group exhibition - Margaret River Galleries – “Four scene”
2002   Wagin Woolerama – Winner- most outstanding exhibit
                                        Winner- miniature prize
          Winner - Miniature painting - Pinjarra Art Award
                                                                                                              
          Duo Maxwell’s Gallery – “A Room with a View”
2001   Solo Kings Hotel Arts Café “Mainly Blue”
          Duo Houghton’s Winery “Lasting Impressions”
          Solo Inside Out Design “Waters’ Edge”
          Pastel Society Art Award- First Prize Winner
2000   Group Swan Cottage Homes “Favourite Images”
          Pastel Society Art Award- First Prize Winner
          City of Kalgoorlie/Boulder – Winner (Landscape/Seascape)
1999   Duo Houghton’s Winery “Timeless Passage”
          Solo Falduzzi’s Restaurant, Fremantle
1998   Duo Tresillian Community Centre “In View of Rottnest”
          William’s Art Award – Winner Pastel prize
          Pastel Society Art Award- Runner up
1997   Canning Art Awards – Winner Pastel prize
1996   Original Artwork – ‘Seaflight Adventure’ cassette cover
1993   City of Melville Art Awards – Winner Excellence in Pencil
           V.A.F. / Multiplex Acquisitive Drawing Prize C.S.A.
1992    C.M.C. Fine Art Graduation – His Majesty’s Theatre
1991   Artrage - C.M.C. Perth Campus – “Is Anyone There?”
1990   P.I.C.A. “Regional Identity”