[2][3] The family moved back to Scotland in 1876,[4] and Stoddart attended Edinburgh Ladies' College there.

[4] During this period she became a member of the Palette Club, an association of artists who were committed to working from nature.

Stoddart began establishing a reputation as one of the country's foremost flower painters, and in 1885 was elected to the council of the Canterbury Society of Arts.

[4] In 1894 she travelled to Melbourne, where with support from Ellis Rowan, the Australian flower painter, she held a successful exhibition.

She stayed in London before moving to live at St Ives in Cornwall, at the time hosting a colony of artists.

She took lessons from Norman Garstin, Louis Grier and Charles Lasal amongst others[1] and was strongly influenced by the Impressionist movement.

[4] Stoddart died in Hanmer Springs, North Canterbury, of a heart attack on 10 December 1934.