Marianne has a passion for the Abstract Expressionism and Lyrical Abstraction movements. Architecture, film, sculpture, theatre, literature, philosophy and music are also a few of her many interests.
Her art education continues and is mostly self-directed, benefiting from the study and influence of work by such artists as Hans Hoffman, Jack Youngerman, Adolf Gottlieb, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Anne Tabachnick, Mark Tobey, Jean Dubuffet, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Harrigan, Franz Kline, Lee Krasner, John K. Esler, Pierre Alechninsky, Michael (Corinne Michelle) West, Perle Fine, Simon Hantai, John Hoyland and many more.
Marianne has worked as a coordinator of non-profit enterprises and music programs. She owned Goodrich Graphic Design, specializing in project management and production coordination of educational materials, as well as illustration and layout design. Volunteerism has included work over several years on a local film project as script and research consultant, as well as production manager, continuity director, and publicist.
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