Ella was born in 1876. She was the daughter of Charles Adams and Eleanor Gillon.[1]
Ella studied painting in Dunedin, under Fanny Wimperis and Girolamo Nerli. She began exhibiting from age fifteen and was known for her watercolour painting and landscapes.
She married John Edward Diggle Spicer in 1907.[2]
They had at least three children; Mary Margaret Gore, John and Edward St John.
She exhibited with prolifically within New Zealand and has works included in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Turnbull and Hocken libraries. She and her daughter Peggy traveled together to England and Egypt, with both exhibiting in Cairo.
Her husband passed away in 1932 at the age of 73.
She passed away in 1958 at the age of 82. [3]
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