Marion was born in Dresden / Germany and has lived on the Gold Coast since arriving in Australia in 1988. In 1996 she started lessons in oil painting, concentrating on miniatures and entered her first Art Exhibition & Competition in Coffs Harbour in 1997, where she received a “Highly Commended”. She studied with John Sindelar, Robert Wade, John Lovett and Robert Hagan. Her miniature “Scotney Castle” was pictured in the “Australian Artist” magazine in November 1997. Marion is using oils for her large works and miniatures. She was a member of the Australian Society of Miniature Art in Queensland since April 1997 to December 2002, and served as Secretary, President and Exhibition Manager for more than 5 years. She also organized a tour of contemporary Australian miniatures through Germany in 2001. She is a member of several organisations which concentrate on promoting miniature art and the staging of exhibitions:

World Federation of Miniaturists

The Hilliard Society of Miniaturists, England

Miniature Art Society of Florida, (MASF), USA

The Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS), USA

The Cider Painters of America, USA

The Association of Miniature Artists

PRIZES

Floral Award           2009        Cider Painters of America, 25^th Annual Miniature Art Exhibition, Dallas/Pennsylvania

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Home, Here and There, Then and Now, German Club Gold Coast 1997
Home is where we are, German Club Gold Coast 1998
Artistic Inspiration - Six Artists, Grosvenor Galleries, Lane Cove, Sydney, 1999
Artistic Five - Five Artists, Headmasters Gallery, St. Ives, Sydney, 1999
Rainbow Exhibition - Olympic Games Information Centre, Crows Nest, Sydney, 2000


MAJOR EXHIBITIONS

Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, England, Annual Exhibition 2001
Coffs Harbour Art & Craft Exhibition 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2207
Miniatures - A Million Brush Strokes, ASMA Qld, Surfers Paradise, 1997, 1998, 1999
Trinity Art & Craft Exhibition, Gold Coast, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007
Toorak College Fine Art Exhibition, Mount Eliza (Artists on invitation), 1997, 1998, 1999
Annual International Miniature Art Awards & Exhibition, ASMA Qld, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Annual National Miniature Award, ASMA NSW, 1999, 2000, 2001
Bundaberg Arts Festival, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007
Artrysts Miniature Art Awards & Exhibition, Forestville, Sydney, 1998
Small Pictures - Great Harmony, Nagano, Japan (Winter Olympics), 1998
Paper Mill Playhouse Miniature Art Exhibition, New Jersey, USA, 1998, 2000, 2001
International Miniature Art Show Awards, Florida, USA, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010
2^nd World Exhibition of Miniature Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2000
3^rd World Exhibition of Miniature Art, Washington, USA, 2004

4^th World Exhibition of Miniature Art, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia 2008
The Hilliard Society Annual Exhibition, 2000, 2001

Miniature Painters, Sculpstors and Gravers Washington D.C. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Canadian Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers, 2001
Small in Nature, International Miniature Awards, Parksville, British Columbia, 2001

It’s a Small World, Elder Street Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA, 2009

The Cider Painters of America, Dallas, Pennsylvania, USA, 2009
Woolfitt's Gallery Miniature Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada, 2001
Australian Miniature Art Touring Exhibition through Germany 2001


WORKS IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

All over Australia, Germany, France, Belgium, Japan, Malaysia, USA