Margaret Grimes

Margaret Grimes (1943-2020) was widely recognized for her dynamic and complex depictions of nature. Working primarily in Northwestern CT, her career was marked by 18 solo exhibitions in NYC, inclusion in the National Academy of Design and as founder of WCSU's MFA program. Her own education was profoundly impacted by many influential artists of her time: "Most importantly, in 1976 she met Alice Neel at Notre Dame's Women Artists-in-Residence Program. Neel's fierce commitment to both art and politics were to prove a decisive inspiration for her. She then received her MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 where she studied with Rudy Burkhardt, Paul Georges and Neil Welliver."

From: Lover of the Wild Places, by Susanna Coffey