Sheila Mackie

Sheila Gertrude Mackie (1928-2010) was an English artist, illustrator and teacher from Consett, County Durham.

She taught art at Consett Grammar School, where she was head of department from 1950, and also spent many months painting and working at Bertram Mills Circus.

In later life she lived at Shotley Bridge where she painted in a caravan studio.

[4] Her Platform 4, Newcastle Station was bought in 1953 for the Government Art Collection.

[5] In the early 1960s she painted two large murals Agony in the Garden and The Conversion of Saul, each 40 feet (12 m) by 12 feet (3.7 m) for the retreat house at the then monastery of Minsteracres; they were known to still exist in 2010 and are listed in the database PostWar Murals Database.