Marianne Van Ravestyn (°1958) is attracted to paint by the challenge of controlling puddle pools on paper or canvas and to direct them into a finished picture.
She lives and works in Turnhout, where she also tutors plus 55-ers in drawing and painting with Akademie plus3 Turnhout.

Education
- Interior Art A2, Coloma-institute, Mechelen
- Secondary teacher training Plastic Arts, Institute Heilig-Graf, Turnhout
- Finalisation Drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts, Turnhout
- Courses and workshops drawing from a model, sumi-e painting, water-colour, oil painting, graphic, sculpture, photography
Most important teachers
Jan Paulussen, Paul De Buck, Toon Van Omme, Max Selen, Raf Huët, André Van den Sande, Frank Casteleyns, Frank Fransen, Robert Wade, Nicol’Andrea