Jose Kernahan was a student at Goldsmith's College Art School, London, achieving a Fine Arts degree.  during world war II she became a nurse at Guy's Hospital.  While raiding four children her family emigrated ti Canada, and then to the USA, leaving her little time to paint.  Jose spent 25 years teaching art history at the University of Chicago.  When she retired Jose moved to Tortola and finally picked up her brushes and began painting again with the encouragement of like-minded friends.