Figurative artist, born into a comfortable, middle-class family, who initially grew up in north London, the outbreak of war prompting moves to Kent and Dorset. While at boarding school near Wincanton 1944–8, Pell won a national newspaper's art competition, then studied at Bournemouth Art College, where she met her future husband, the painter Ron Weldon. Like him she studied at Camberwell School of Art. She had a solo show at the Beaux Arts Gallery in 1957, The Times commending her 'interesting and original new talent'. At its conclusion Pell set fire to unsold pictures. Her figure studies, especially the late works, mixed the pain and sffering of humanity and her compassion, perhaps reflecting her own emotional and mental distress. Pell continued working until her death in St Bernards Hospital, but much of her output was destroyed by her or posthumously when her bed-sit was cleared.