Delia Delderfield studied at the Cambridge College of Art, and for many years worked extensively as an illustrator and printmaker in the world of publishing. In 1978 she established an etching studio and gallery in Corfu, returning to the UK in 1990, and has been based in Saffron Walden and Cambridge. She now often looks to the Cambridgeshire countryside for her subjects. She has had shows across the world, including in San Diego and several shows in Athens; she has been represented in the London Contemporary Print Show, and at the Royal West of England Academy, and had a major retrospective in 2005.