Elizabeth Taggart (1943-), The strongman, signed and dated '74, ink and watercolour, 31 x 23cm.; 12.25 x 9in. * Born in Donaghadee, Co. Down, Elizabeth Taggart studied painting at the Belfast College of Art under John Luke and Romeo Toogood among others. In the mid sixties she moved to England where she completed further studies at Leicester College of Art, before establishing her first studio in London in 1968. From London she submitted works regularly to the RHA, the Living Art exhibitions and the Tom Caldwell Galleries in Dublin and Belfast. In 1995 she returned to live in Co. Down and has continued working on private commissions and exhibiting with various galleries including the Lavitt in Cork.