Beatrice and her sister, Dorothy Elvery attended the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art (now the National College of Art and Design) where William Orpen (1878–1931) taught painting and later used Beatrice as a model.
Having been a working artist, Beatrice Elvery returned to the Dublin Metropolitan School of art to learn the art of making and painting leaded glass.
Beatrice Elvery produced stained glass windows for St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nathy, Ballaghaderreen, St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, and some twenty other churches.
She also produced numerous illustrations for children’s books.
