biography
Marianne received her BFA in Painting from Washington University, doing post graduate work in Japan, China, and at the Vermont Studio Center. Marianne is the recipient of the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Fellowship in Painting, and has exhibited in New York, California, Washington DC, Pennsylvania, and Scotland. She is currently represented by Zenith Gallery in Washington DC, and the Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia. Her work hangs in numerous private and public collections locally, nationally, and internationally.
The daughter of architects,Marianne Mitchell grew up just outside of Philadelphia Pennsylvania where her parents Ehrman B. Mitchell and Hermine S. Mitchell designed and built the house she has spent most of her life in. She raised her own family there as well with husband Bruce Schmit, also an architect. The open floor plan and glass facades which frame the bucolic outdoor landscape have been influential in shaping Marianne's artistic vision that harmony between nature and architecture brings peace and well being to one's spirit.
of the painting and the metaphorical core of the self.”