A painter and illustrator,[1] Francis studied under Miss Nankivell and Catherine Hardess in Melbourne.
[4] She showed alongside other female artists such as Lina Bryans and Isabel Tweddle.
[6] She did exhibit with the Victorian Artists Society in 1946 with Dora Serle and Alan Sumner.
[7] With her work "Composition" it was said it "weaves the figures of a woman, a child and a dog in a fruit-shop into a rhythmical design, carried out in patches of clear colour.
"[8] Francis has works in the collections of the State Library Victoria and the Heide Museum of Modern Art.