title: Daisy Le Cren
text: # Daisy Le Cren
  
  Daisy Le Cren (née Roberts; 1881–1951) was a New Zealand painter.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Le Cren was born in Timaru. She was a watercolour painter and gave lessons to a young Colin McCahon when he was growing up. After Le Cren's death, McCahon painted a series of artworks as a gift to her daughter, and McCahon's friend, Betty Curnow.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  In 1903 she married Charles Le Cren in Ashburton. Their daughter Betty became a notable print-maker.
  
  