Elsie Stevens

Stevens was born in Brighton on the south coast of England.^[1] Beginning in 1961, she studied painting privately in London with the Polish émigré artist Marian Bohusz-Szyszko in London and then the two worked together for some 15 years.^[2] Stevens had solo exhibitions at several commercial galleries including the Alwin Gallery, the Woodstock Gallery and both the Loggia and Barrett Galleries.^[1][2] She also had exhibitions in Amsterdam, Dublin, Durham, Eastbourne and at the Gardner Arts Centre at the University of Sussex in Brighton during 1973.^[1] Stevens was a member of the Free Painters and Sculptors group and for many years lived at Barcombe near Lewes before eventually moving to a nursing home at Wivelsfield Green.^[2]