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If you wish to reproduce an image of any artwork by Sheila Denning in any format please contact the licensing team at DACS: licensing@dacs.org.uk making sure to provide them with full details of use (print run, territories, sizes of images, languages, etc.) as well as a layout for approval.

Sheila denning - Self portrait in Red Hat c 1947 oil on board 27 x 23 in (69 x 58.5cm)

Self portrait in Red Hat c 1947 oil on board 27 x 23 in (69 x 58.5cm)

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Front cover: Sheila - Portrait of an Unknown Artist

SHEILA: Portrait of an Unknown Artist

A memoir about Sheila Denning’s life and work by her daughter, writer Teresa Thornhill, is due out in December 2025.

Thornhill tells her mother’s story from the inside, describing her struggle to paint while trying to survive an abusive marriage, run a home and raise two daughters.

SHEILA: Portrait of an Unknown Artist' can be purchased via teresathornhill.com: 

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Teresa Thornhill's other works include:

In Harm’s Way: the Memoir of a Child Protection Lawyer (Harper Collins 2024);
Hara Hotel: A Tale of Syrian Refugees in Greece (Verso 2018);
The Curtain Maker of Beirut: Conversations with the Lebanese (Berkshire Academic Press 2012) and Sweet Tea with Cardamom: A Journey through Iraqi Kurdistan (Pandora 1996)