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From  the beginning, painting and the decorative arts have always fascinated Marilyn.  She was the kid who cut out magazine illustrations, pasted them inside a box and then lay on the floor with her head inside the box; all the better to imagine herself inside the pictures.  She glued decorative elements all over the mahogany woodwork of her childhood bedroom.  What her mother thought were Cheerios in her closet turned out to be worms from a failed terrarium project.  From building boat parade entries to painting five foot daisies on the hall wall, she was always creatively busy.  During her childrens' early years, she made posters for every conceivable local event.

In 1974, a horse was responsible for the beginning of her "formal" art career.  Due to an unpaid hay bill, her job search lead her to be hired at the Rochester Fair to work in the Art Department as a "boy".  They usually hired boys to climb ladders and it was agreed that she would be acceptable.  It was like Christmas.  Between 400 and 500 paintings came in, to be hung, judged and displayed.  Suddenly she was on the inside listening to the jurors critiques, learning what was good, what to avoid.

In 1989 Marilyn finally started painting.  After years of assuming she couldn't paint, she was suddenly competing at the fairs and winning recognition.  She took an art course at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, FL and followed that with a class with Kathi Hobbs of Lutz, FL.  In 1991 she and her husband moved into their recreational vehicle and traveled the United States.  For the next four years she further developed her skills at workshops in Santa Fe, NM and Scottsdale, AZ.

Her interest in cars comes from her father.  He was a mechanic, rich in car stories.  He taught her to name her cars because, "How else would you talk to them?"

Marilyn is a Juried Member of the New Hampshire Art Association, Art Superintendant of the Rochester Fair, and a Durham Art Association Member.  She and her husband currently live in Strafford, NH.  More about Marilyn and her artistic passions can be found on her website: www.MarilynsBrushWithArt.com

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