Complex sentence: She met Jock (William) Frater and decided with his help and encouragement to become a painter, though she'd had no involvement with art before Burke, Janine (1980) Australian women artists, 1840-1940.
Split into simpler sentences: She met Jock (William) Frater and decided with his help and encouragement to become a painter. She'd had no involvement with art before Burke, Janine (1980) Australian women artists, 1840-1940.