Hilary Taylor obituary

Our friend Hilary Taylor, who has died after a stroke aged 62, was an artist, teacher, healer and animal lover who always saw the best in others.She was very generous, sharing techniques and giving away and swapping her artwork, which went through many changes: detailed pen drawings, wooden toys, quirky decorations, Christmas cherubs sporting Doc Martens and dungarees, papier-mache furniture, bowls and figures, pastel painting, collages, comic strips and a seemingly never-ending range of self-ma