Marea was born in London. From early an age plein-air landscape

painting has always been her passion. She studied arts in

Goldsmiths College of Art, where she became interested in

ceramics and stopped painting. Later she received a degree in

ceramics from Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. For

years she was a member of the Art Department at Westminster

School. She exhibited her work at Anatole Orient and other

London galleries.

Her passion for plein-air landscape painting was brought forward

once again, while living in the magnificent surroundings of the

Lake District, England. At this time she started to bring her

painting equipment on hiking and climbing outings.

In 1998 Marea moved to Western Colorado in search of wilder and

more open spaces to explore. Many of her paintings now are the

result ofcontact with the rugged, ancient landscape and invite the

viewer to consider the physical reality of canyon and cliff-face.

Marea says:

"I almost always paint in plein-air or in front of my subject and I

hope to convey the freshness and intensity of my response to

the viewer".