| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
She studied art at the Banff School of Fine Arts, where she met and became friends with A.Y. Jackson. Jackson later visited her at the Onward Ranch, and in 1946 he became Honorary President and Founder of the Cariboo Society of Artists.
She exhibited artwork in the 1945 and 1947 annual B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and also had work in later exhibitions not noted here.
She had work in the Federation of Canadian Artists Third Traveling Exhibition in 1947.
In 2013 an extensive biography of Tully and her daughter Sonia Cornwall was published (see below).
Cowan died in Williams Lake in 1990, her occupation noted as "Self-employed (Retired) ranching." She was a widow at the time.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 | VAG B.C. Artists 14th Annual | Echo River |
| Cascade Mt., Banff, Alberta | ||
| 1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 | VAG B.C. Artists 16th Annual | Cariboo Lake Country |
| 1947 | FCA Third Traveling Exhibition | 150 Mile House Ranch |
BRITISH COLUMBIA WOMEN ARTISTS 1885-1985 (refer to AGGV85)
THE GRANDE DAMES OF THE CARIBOO (refer to FOW13)
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)