she began her university training at Rietvelt Academy in Amsterdam at age sixteen.
There she was taught everything from painting to graphics to interiors.
In the United States, she attended Art Center in Los Angeles and received instruction in illustration.
As a portrait artist and muralist, she spent six years in the Middle East,
four years in France and fifteen years in California.
Marianne's work has been shown in locations around the world including Switzerland,
France, the Middle East and throughout the United States.
