Odette Szebelledi Frank was born in Cape Town of Hungarian descent. Odette and her husband live in a small sea side village close to Cape Town.
She started painting in oils, in 2005. In recent years Odette attended art lessons with Karen Longden-Saron, K Doré, Elize Bezuidenhout and others.
Odette's favourite scenes to paint are seascapes and wild animals.