[2] She was educated at Reading University and then won a Royal Academy David Murray Landscape Scholarship and an award for postgraduate study.

[2][3] Living and working in the USA from 1961 to 1963, Scott Wilkie had her first major solo show in New York and discovered screen printing.

She set up an improvised print-making studio in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, where she produced Journey, a series of 20 screen prints in an edition of 45, which was based on the experience.

[4] After returning to the United Kingdom Scott Wilkie has continued to paint, print, produce artist's books and exhibit.

During its early days as an artists' co-operative she worked with the Ikon Gallery and she has also curated Arts Council England exhibitions.