Dutch born painter Marinus Welman started painting as a child in World War II. In his youth, Welman roamed the world's oceans on a wild freighter, (a rusty Liberty ship left over from the war) all the while gathering impressions which still serve him today – a stormy North Atlantic or a placid Indian Ocean might figure in his work.

Welman studied the art of painting and sculpture in his native Holland. In the United States, he attended courses in figure painting with Carmian at the Art Center in Los Angeles.

These days Welman paints in the studio as well as on location along the California coast, mountains and deserts.

His works are represented by galleries from San Diego to Carmel and are in private and corporate collections in Europe, Japan, Australia and Iceland. A large selection of Welman's work is on view in his 1,500 square foot studio/gallery in Orange, 3 miles north of historic Old Towne Orange on Glassell Street.