Marianne Thune Haycock was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 28th August 1933 but lived most of her earlier life in the countryside near Svendborg where her father was a doctor.

She married a British Army Officer and travelled a lot and started to paint when she was in Malaysia. On return to Denmark where she and her family settled for the next fourteen years she studied at the Art Academy in Odense.

She had many successful exhibitions both in her own studio and local venues in the Svendborg area.

In 1981 she moved to England and studied at the Mid-Warwickshire College of Further Education where she was awarded a diploma and later a post diploma in Fine Art.

In 1987 Marianne returned to the Wales she fell in love with in 1952 and is now enjoying painting the beauty she finds here. Marianne works from her studio next to her house. Here she can relax and paint both from memory, sketches and also photographs. Although she has changed her style over the years you can still follow her love for nature and mankind. She loves portraits. She has three roots, Denmark, the Far East and now Wales. All three are described in her paintings. Her paintings have been sold in Denmark, Sweden, England, Wales, Germany and USA.

Member of Carmarthen Town Guild of Artists.

Exhibitions:

  
Llanelli art society exhibition, receiving the Emlyn Robert’s award for best painting.