A wonderful, inspiring and insightful artist.
Coincidentally, I am reading her novel, The Hearing Trumpet at the moment - it's a small book and I am trying to stretch out the pleasure of being in her story even though it would be easy to read it in one sitting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/may/26/leonora-carrington-obituary
there's a good documentary including an interview with Leonora Carringotn, aged 84 at this vimeo link: http://vimeo.com/10760131