Born in Carolina, Mpumalanga, Miemie grew up in a family full of artists.

Currently she is married with three children, and living on a farm in Bultfontein.

She had formerly been an officer in the SANDF en has had no formal art training. It is only during the course of the past year that she has started painting full time. 

In her paintings she likes to give the viewer the chance to give flight to his/her imagination.