Valma Ondine Howell (15 June 1896 – 16 December 1979),[1] was an Australian artist of pastoral watercolours of western Victoria and actor.
The first 14 years of her life were spent with her family on her father's sheep grazing property 'Dookerimbut' between Beaufort and Skipton in western Victoria.
After a trip to India in 1955, which she undertook to clear up her father's estate, her art began to include the human form and non-realist representation.
Her sister, the poet and author Ada Verdun Howell, lived with her for many years on Stockyard Hill Rd, where they maintained a bush block famous for its kangaroo grass woodland.
She was the great-granddaughter of Captain Charles Swanston, East India Company employee and Port Phillip Association investor.