Having completed a Foundation art course at Canterbury College of Art in 1980, Minnie then went on to complete a BA in Fine Art and Italian at Exeter College of Art and Exeter University 1981-85. In 1998 she moved to West Berkshire where she began to focus solely on her painting. She spent several summers working on a large close-up river series on the banks of the River Lambourn, after which she returned to panoramic landscapes. Minnie works mostly with oil on board, ‘en plein air’ and frequently explores the same location on the Lambourn Downs.