Marie Vermeulen Breedt
Marie has a remarkable talent for
observation and a technical facility for drawing.
These coupled with her ability to
immerse herself in dedicated hard work, determined the road she was to follow,
away from the medical pursuits of her family into the world of art.
She was born on 7 May 1954 in Pretoria, South Africa. After completing her
school career with a distinction in art she went on to acquire a B.A. Fine Art
at the University of South Africa with a distinction in painting.
She also completed a course in
portraiture at the Royal Academy in London in 1976. Studying under tutors
as George Israels and Kingsley Sutton.
Today, she is a highly successful artist whose work is in constant demand. Her
work is represented in many private and corporate collections here, in Britain,
Europe and the United States of America.
