Marianne has always been a creative person. Whether that is with traditional art, or the performing arts, doing voice-over work for radio promotions in the USA or advertisements for radio – it is something that has always been a part of her life. As an artist, she has worked in multiple media – from sculpting in clay to silver-smithing and creating artisan jewellery, to more traditional art. She has a great love of working with pastels and oils – but also dabbles in acrylics and watercolours. Her sculptures have found homes internationally. Marianne is a published illustrator and is also an author of a children’s story that she is currently working on illustrating.

She spent most of her early working career as a nurse, both in public and in private hospitals throughout New Zealand. Her last area of nursing (and her favourite), was Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular surgery. A work accident forced her retirement from a much-loved career, so she returned to university and retrained herself, completing a degree in Computer Graphic Design. She especially enjoys designing & creating websites, illustrations and label designs.