Born and raised in Ohio, Marilyn Sadler and her husband, Stan, moved to Kentucky in 1995, and now reside in Versailles. Marilyn has been a member of Lexington Art League since 1996. Along with art studies at Ohio State University and continuing art workshops, she uses her knowledge of horses - a result of years of hands-on experience which includes owning, breeding and training Thoroughbred race horses - to specialize in commissioned animal portraits.

Commissions include the portraits of several winners of the Ohio and West Virginia Derbys, as well as Kentucky Derby winner Real Quiet. In addition, a portrait of former governor Richard Celeste was commissioned and presented to him by the Ohio Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association as a gesture of appreciation for his support of the Ohio horsemen.

Marilyn's work has been displayed and sold at the Kentucky Horse Park and Collectors' Gallery in Lexington, and has appeared in the The Horsemen's Journal, several times in the Ohio Thoroughbred, and on the cover of the OTBO Sales Catalog.