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BIOGRAPHY
Marilyn Muller was born in Rye Brook, New York, 1950. She drew with some accuracy at an early age, and was encouraged in painting and drawing by her parents. Her first formal training was in high school, where she excelled in Visual Art and Drama. Marilyn chose to major in Theatre Arts at the State University of New York at Albany, where she earned her Bachelors degree with a minor in ChildrenÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s Theatre. She soon began to study Montessori education, began teaching, and earned her Masters degree in Teaching from Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY. During this time it is fair to say that she did little painting but instead continued to study acting at Circle-In-The-Square in NYC and also to study Dance. Marilyn moved to California and was married there in 1977. Marilyn continued teaching, but a pivotal experience, the loss of a child, compelled her to reexamine her life. Marilyn entered California State University to return to Visual Art by studying for a degree in Illustration. A daughter was born in 1981. The family moved back to the East Coast to Florida where she has remained, raising a family of two. Her studies continued at FAU and briefly under Mahlon Cline in Tequesta.
For the past few years, Marilyn has been a part of the Lighthouse Center for the Arts School of Art, teaching mainly Drawing and Painting. She began a series of Landscape paintings, which though not literal, drew upon her reaction to the global events of 2001 and after, and her own personal struggles. She is still primarily a Landscape and Seascape painter in oils, most works done in the studio. She does paint en plein air here in Florida, and recently returned from a trip to Tuscany, where she painted and photographed. She has begun a series of nudes and completed several portraits. She retains a studio in her Jupiter home. She continues on the Faculty of the Lighthouse Center for the Arts and accepts both commissions and select private students.
Her exhibitions include:
Laguna Beach Art Festival
Lighthouse Center for the Arts
GardensArt
Hibel Museum of Art
Lyric Theatre
Palm Beach Community College Eissey Auditorium
Jupiter Books and Art
Jupiter Town Hall Gallery of Art
Armory Art Center
Artigras
Jupiter Medical Center
Loxahatchee River Historical Society
Beyond D̮̩̉̉cor
River Artists
The ABC Treehouse , Amsterdam
