Daisy Agnes McGlashan
Daisy Agnes McGlashan was a Scottish writer and illustrator. She also designed clothes.
Life
Daisy Agnes McGlashan was born in Dunoon. Her father, John McGlashan, manufactured underclothing. Her mother was Agnes Meikle. They married on 13 June 1870 in Cathcart, Glasgow.McGlashan had an elder sister, Violet Meikle McGlashan.
Personal life
McGlashan married William Smith Anderson on 28 September 1909. They had two daughters: Daisy McGlashan Anderson, and Agnes Violet Neish .Art
McGlashan studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1898 to 1905. After her marriage and the birth of her children, she largely stopped painting, but continued to write stories. Her illustrated children's stories were published in the Glasgow Herald, the Newcastle Chronicle, and the Hexham Courant.She took up painting, encouraged by Henry Y. Alison. She joined the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists in 1957.
In her 60s, McGlashan began to paint again, specialising in flower studies in pastels.