| About The Artist |
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| Born on a farm near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin,
and lived from about age ten in St. Paul Minnesota, Marion W. Hylton
has been an active painter most of her life, and works in the
realistic tradition. Her formal art training began at the Ringling School
of Art in Sarasota, Florida, where she was the recipient of a 4-year
scholarship. There she studied with Hilton Leech, the renowned
watercolorist for whom an art center in Sarasota was named. Besides
watercolor, her recent work, primarily landscapes and portraits, has
included oil, acrylic and pastel, all of which are of equal interest to her. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts, Magna cum Laude, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 1971 ART EDUCATION: Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida Art workshops, including: Tony Couch, Bob Gephardt, Rita Reed, Judi Betts, Doug Dawson, Barbara Necchis, Al Stine, Joe Bohler, Linda Doll, James Godwin Scott, Morgan Samuel Price, Frank Webb, Steve Quiller, Tony Van Hasselt and Hugh Greer.
Marion has had seven one-woman shows at various venues in the southeast. Some the recent juried exhibitions and shows in which she has taken part are as follows: Jacksonville Watercolor Society; Florida Art Center, Havana, FL; Valdosta Art Center, Valdosta GA; Thomasville Arts Guild, Thomasville GA; Gainesville Fine Arts Association, Gainesville FL; St. Augustine Art Center; Tallahassee Watercolor Society; Florida Watercolor Society; New Orleans Art Association; Southeastern Pastel Society, Lilburn GA; Degas Pastel Society, New Orleans LA; Arts for the Parks Top 100, Jackson WY; Texas Watercolor Society; Pastel Society of North Florida; Charlotte County Art Guild, Punta Gorda, FL; PaintAmerica's Paint the Parks, Topeka, KS; Hudson Valley Art Association, NY NY; Georgia Watercolor Society; Tennessee Art League, Nashville TN; Art Colony International Online Exhibition, Milton FL; Watercolor Society of Alabama; Alabama Pastel Society; Southern Watercolor Society; and the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors. Recent Awards include:
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