The two eventually divorced when Bess discovered Housser's affair with the artist Yvonne McKague,[citation needed] and in 1934 Bess married Lawren Harris.

[3] After her marriage to Lawren Harris the two spent time in the United States.

Harris did not have a formal art education, but she did take painting lessons from Frederick Varley.

[1] In 1926, Harris participated in the Wembley show in England, and in 1930 her work was shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

[1] At the Heffel Auction, Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art, Nov. 2024, LOT 113, Near Moraine Lake, oil on canvas, 44 x 54 3/4 in, 111.8 x 139.1 cm, Estimate: $50,000 - $70,000 CAD, Sold for: $133,250 (including Buyer's Premium).