Background
Beattie was born in 1900 to Lewis and Alice Beattie who were farmers.
Beattie was born in 1900 to Lewis and Alice Beattie who were farmers.
Edinburgh College of Artist
After graduating from the Edinburgh College of Art (1921-1926), she worked for a time in an office before practising independently from 1928 to 1929. She then returned to the College of Art where she obtained a further diploma. She later moved to Dumfries, probably working there independently.
She died in Applegarth in 1970 after an illness.