My mother, Freda Hayes, who has died aged 88, was an artist and teacher. She spent most of her life in Cumbria, where she was an active member of the community in Keswick.
She was a talented painter, though she never wanted to sell her work, but did occasionally give pieces away to friends. In the mid-1950s she had trained at Barrow Art School, where she became part of a small group of painters and potters who stayed connected well into their 80s and beyond.
