Margot Trout was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1937. She was educated at the Rhode Island School of Design where she received a BFA in painting. She also holds an MA in art education from Hunter College of the City of New York and an MFA in painting from the University of Massachusetts.
During the early part of her career Ms. Trout taught part time at the Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School, the University of New Hampshire, Holyoke Community College, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College. In 1978 she accepted a full-time appointment to teach drawing and painting at the Maine College of Art, where she remained for ten years. When she was offered a position as Visiting Artist at Mount Holyoke College she moved to western Massachusetts, where she still lives. She retired from teaching in 1997 and is now painting full-time.
Ms. Trout's work has been exhibited widely in Maine, Massachusetts and New York. Her paintings are in collections all over the country and she has had two museum exhibitions, one at the Payson Gallery in Westbrook, Maine and another at the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art.
Ms. Trout has a heated mobile studio on a truck which allows her to travel to various locations and to paint in all weathers and seasons. She is interested in the way consciousness is transformed by painting and how these changes are reflected in her perception of the landscape.
Margot Trout, 216 Hillsdale Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230, 413 854-4322
During the early part of her career Ms. Trout taught part time at the Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School, the University of New Hampshire, Holyoke Community College, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College. In 1978 she accepted a full-time appointment to teach drawing and painting at the Maine College of Art, where she remained for ten years. When she was offered a position as Visiting Artist at Mount Holyoke College she moved to western Massachusetts, where she still lives. She retired from teaching in 1997 and is now painting full-time.
Ms. Trout's work has been exhibited widely in Maine, Massachusetts and New York. Her paintings are in collections all over the country and she has had two museum exhibitions, one at the Payson Gallery in Westbrook, Maine and another at the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art.
Ms. Trout has a heated mobile studio on a truck which allows her to travel to various locations and to paint in all weathers and seasons. She is interested in the way consciousness is transformed by painting and how these changes are reflected in her perception of the landscape.
Margot Trout, 216 Hillsdale Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230, 413 854-4322
Margot Trout was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1937. She was educated at the Rhode Island School of Design where she received a BFA in painting. She also holds an MA in art education from Hunter College of the City of New York and an MFA in painting from the University of Massachusetts.
During the early part of her career Ms. Trout taught part time at the Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School, the University of New Hampshire, Holyoke Community College, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College. In 1978 she accepted a full-time appointment to teach drawing and painting at the Maine College of Art, where she remained for ten years. When she was offered a position as Visiting Artist at Mount Holyoke College she moved to western Massachusetts, where she still lives. She retired from teaching in 1997 and is now painting full-time.
Ms. Trout's work has been exhibited widely in Maine, Massachusetts and New York. Her paintings are in collections all over the country and she has had two museum exhibitions, one at the Payson Gallery in Westbrook, Maine and another at the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art.
Ms. Trout has a heated mobile studio on a truck which allows her to travel to various locations and to paint in all weathers and seasons. She is interested in the way consciousness is transformed by painting and how these changes are reflected in her perception of the landscape.
Margot Trout, 216 Hillsdale Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230, 413 854-4322
During the early part of her career Ms. Trout taught part time at the Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School, the University of New Hampshire, Holyoke Community College, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College. In 1978 she accepted a full-time appointment to teach drawing and painting at the Maine College of Art, where she remained for ten years. When she was offered a position as Visiting Artist at Mount Holyoke College she moved to western Massachusetts, where she still lives. She retired from teaching in 1997 and is now painting full-time.
Ms. Trout's work has been exhibited widely in Maine, Massachusetts and New York. Her paintings are in collections all over the country and she has had two museum exhibitions, one at the Payson Gallery in Westbrook, Maine and another at the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art.
Ms. Trout has a heated mobile studio on a truck which allows her to travel to various locations and to paint in all weathers and seasons. She is interested in the way consciousness is transformed by painting and how these changes are reflected in her perception of the landscape.
Margot Trout, 216 Hillsdale Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230, 413 854-4322