Madelaine's goals are to evoke awareness through the visual arts and stimulate action on issues of environmental, political and social-justice concerns.

Recent work focuses on a series concerning Global Warming with an emphasis on Climate Changes in the Arctic. A previous series, consisting of 48 artworks, visually portrays the impacts of Apartheid and the process used by South Africa's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission to deal with crimes committed during the Apartheid era.

Earlier work shown in this website's galleries include intensely colorful oil paintings of landscapes, interiors, figures and images of her native South Africa.  Madelaine currently shares her time between her studios in Seattle, WA and Paris, France.