Patricia Machin was born in 1921. After war-time service as a Captain in the ATS she studied painting at Goldsmith's finding inspiration from the Old Masters. Her tutor was Leonard Applebee, whose subject was Still-Life, and this became her main focus.
While living in a small flat in Earls Court she met Arnold, and they married in 1949. Patricia continued to paint throughout her life, inspired by the Staffordshire countryside where the family had made their home.
Her work developed into two distinct styles, very defined studies with mainly rural backgrounds, and highly imaginative 'enchanted gardens'. She also painted some Landscapes and occasionally portraiture.
Her main body of work consisted of oil on canvas paintings, but she also found commercial success with a range of illustrated books and reproductions of her work on trays and tea-caddies.