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My love of art came from my father, Samuel Traeger, and my love of learning — and entertaining myself — came from my mother, Buddy Wolfson Traeger. Their gentle influence has never left me.

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It began with incessant drawing and grew over the years as I explored painting, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and digital media. After earning a degree in art education from the University of Florida and a master's from Florida International University, I spent years teaching art at every level — honored along the way with awards, conference talks, publications, and the privilege of sharing my love of art and life with some of my favorite people, kids, and non-kids alike.

NBCT · FAEA Outstanding Art Teacher (×2) · FAEA Outstanding Middle School Art Teacher · DAEA Jackie Hinchey-Sipes Award

My work has appeared in publications, art shows, and private collections in Miami and Greenville.

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Now I'm on to new adventures — artistic, literary, entrepreneurial, philanthropic, and technology-based — with leisurely lunches, activities unbounded by anyone else's schedule.

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If you'd like to live with some of my art, want something created just for you, or could use a little help on your own creative journey, please reach out and say hey. You don't know what you don't know.

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Only best regards,​

marilyn

 

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