Nicola Russell obituary

My partner, Nicola Russell, who has died aged 51 of breast cancer, was an accomplished artist recognised globally for her equestrian work – one of her paintings hangs in Windsor Castle. She also charted the Northern Ireland peace process with a series of commissioned portraits of some of the key figures involved in it.Nicola was born in Portadown, Co Armagh, to George Russell, a vet, and his wife, Jill, an office manager at the Irish Times. She attended Bloomfield Collegiate and Methody Co