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Sheila Mackie

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'''Sheila Gertrude Mackie''' (1928-2010) was an English artist, illustrator and teacher from [[Consett]], [[County Durham]].<ref name="journal-obit">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="journal-consett">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

She was born in [[Chester-le-Street]], and studied art at King's College in Newcastle (now [[Newcastle University]]). She taught art at [[Consett Grammar School]], where she was head of department from 1950, and also spent many months painting and working at [[Bertram Mills]] Circus. In later life she lived at [[Shotley Bridge]] where she painted in a caravan studio.<ref name="echo-monday">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=journal-obit />

Several of her paintings were bought by the then [[Derwentside District Council]],<ref name=journal-obit /> and are now owned by [[Durham County Council]].<ref></ref>

Her ''Platform 4, Newcastle Station'' was bought in 1953 for the [[Government Art Collection]].<ref name="gac"></ref>

In the early 1960s she painted two large murals ''Agony in the Garden'' and ''The Conversion of Saul'', each by for the retreat house at the then monastery of [[Minsteracres]]; they were known to still exist in 2010 and are listed in the database ''PostWar Murals Database''.<ref name=journal-obit /><ref name="murals"> ''NB Order of listings is not explicit but appears to by county, so "Northumberland"''</ref>

==Selected publications as illustrator==
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==References==


==External links==
* ''Showing seven of her paintings''




[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:English women painters]]



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