[3] A graduate of the Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, Steinert was part of the Rutland Group of painters, alongside Jack Crippen and Ruth Coyle.
[4] During her career she was based in Auckland, and associated with painters Charles Tole, Bessie Christie, Helen Brown, Joan Lillicrap, Joycelyn Harrison-Smith, and Alison Pickmer.
[5] A modernist painter, her work often depicted life in New Zealand, specifically local people and landscapes.
Her works include: The Valley; Ponies at the fair; Road to Colville; and Spanish Dancer.
Steinert also exhibited with the Rutland Group[8][9] and the Auckland Society of Arts.