1931 Born in Bristol then studies at the Bristol school of art – where she met her first husband Robert Hurdle who was also a painter then teaching at the school. www.roberthurdle.co.uk
1958 - 1968 Had three children with Robert Hurdle
1960 became a lifetime member of the RWA (Royal west of England academy of arts) www.rwa.org.uk
1971 - 1976 married and had her last
child with the writer John Seymour. Commonly known as 'The Father of
Self-Sufficiency', John Seymour lived a varied and fascinating life.
Writer, broadcaster, environmentalist, agrarian, smallholder and
activist; a rebel against: consumerism, industrialisation,
genetically modified organisms, cities, motor cars; and an advocate
for: self-reliance, personal responsibility, self-sufficiency,
conviviality (food, drink, dancing and singing), gardening, caring
for the Earth and for the soil. www.carninglipress.co.uk
1990 - 2000 Helping fellow woman artists, including Deenagh Miller lifetime friend and advocate www.deenaghsdoodles.co.uk
2003 - Achieving a lifetime ambition when she moved to Liverpool at the age of 72 setting up her own gallery on Lark Lane in Liverpool, UK which she called, Lark Lane Atelier. She became a familiar figure on the Bohemian Lark Lane, where she blossomed into a fabulously eccentric and encouraging artist pulling in all the lost artists and souls of Liverpool.
You can find more links to Frances Conway’s pictures held at the RWA https://artuk.org/discover/artists/conway-seymour-frances-19312010
and other private collections at www.thepcf.org.uk
