Marilyn Bauman has been exhibiting regularly for more than twenty years in regional, solo, and group shows. Her work is in many private and public collections, including Wilmington Foundation Bank, MBNA, the Division of Libraries Art Collection of the State of Delaware, and the Blount Collection of American Art. Her work received a first prize in the 2004 Center for the Creative Arts Members’ Show, in the 2000 Dover Art League’s Fine Art Members’ Show, and the 1997 Rehoboth Art League Members’ Show. One of her paintings was awarded best of show in the 1998 Rehoboth Art League Show. During December 2002, she had a one-person exhibit at Grace Church, Wilmington. During March 2000, she had a one-person exhibit in the Brodsky Gallery of the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, and during October 2000, her work was exhibited at the Center for the Creative Arts, Yorklyn, Delaware. Her painting Lewes Harbor was part of the 2001 Historical Society of Delaware exhibit Recognizing Delaware, artistic assets from the Wilmington Foundation Collection.

An author, educator, and artist, Bauman has written articles about art and artists for Delaware Today magazine, the Wilmington News Journal, and Vistas (a journal of The Barnes Foundation). Her book, Edward L. Loper, Sr., The Prophet of Color: A Disciple’s Reflections, was published in 1999. Rhonda Graham, a reporter for The News Journal, calls the book the “first and most comprehensive biography of Edward Loper.”