Syra studied art at Hammersmith College of Art London and qualified with merit in 1973. She moved to Ireland with her husband Chris in 1977. They have lived and worked in the Maharees for the past 36 years. Syra has taken part in many of the major open submission exhibitions in this country and has had work in both solo and group exhibition in Ireland, America, Spain, Italy, France and England. In 2004 she was nominated by the Internal Committee of the Florence Biennale to take part in the 2005 Florence Biennale. Her work can be found in both private and corporate collections. Syra is a professional artist. Her work is mainly figurative in concept and style. Her work could be described as narrative, symbolic, allergorical and poetical.