mudie-cooke returned to newlyn in cornwall and continued working as an artist and held an exhibition of her work in 1921 at the cambridge university architectural society. from 1920 onwards, mudie-cooke travelled extensively throughout europe and africa, most notably to south africa where she held an exhibition of her work in 1923. she returned to england for a short period before going to france in 1925 where she took her life. an exhibition of her work was held at the beaux-arts gallery the next year and some years later her sister phyllis donated more of her works to the imperial war museum.