My style is very detailed to a point and then I loosen up so the viewer can use their imagination on the painting. To produce a good watercolor requires thorough research of what colors to use and how to execute the painting before starting. I like challenges so I am always trying new subject matter and ways to paint it.

     Marion Toillion has always been interested in art. She was encouraged at an early age by her gradeschool teachers. Having grown up on a farm,  animals. wildlife, and people were fun to draw and paint. These remain an interest as well as the landscapes and flowers of South Dakota.

     In developing her own style of painting,  Marion has studied a number of years under well known artists and taken lessons in Buenos Aires,  Argentina, and Manila, Philippines.  Her paintings hang in private collections throughout the world. She is a signature member of both the Northern Hills Watercolor Society and the Artists of the Black Hills.

     Marion Toillion is represented by Prairie Edge Gallery,  Rapid City,  SD,  A Walk in the Woods Gallery, Custer,  SD,  and Onamia,  Minnesota,  and Spearfish Art Gallery,  Spearfish, SD.  She has been Artist in Residence at Sylvan Lake Lodge in the Black Hills for several years during the month of August, and participates in a number of juried shows throughout the year.