MEGAN
SMITH STROTT
Education
1995 B.A.,
Towson
University,
Towson,
MD
1994
Maryland
Institute
College
of Art,
Baltimore,
MD
Since 1995, Megan Strott has been
juried into many regional and national exhibitions,
winning a purchase award in
a North Carolina
exhibition in 2004. She has had solo and
group exhibitions in Baltimore
City. Strott was featured as a studio artist on Artworks This Week,
on Maryland Public Television in 2002.
Megan Smith Strott paints charming and
personal pictures of rustic landscapes and aging
buildings and interiors. As
Smith Strott recalls, "From
my earliest childhood recollections, I have
been drawn to all things that have
earned character through the passage of time.
The weather-worn
landscapes and wrinkled faces, antique bottles and
figurines, rehab-ready buildings and even room
interiors that I paint all have a
story to tell. My work becomes a
narrative with the viewer bringing his or
her own experiences into the
creation of that narrative.”
Smith Strott’s images are mainly scenes from Ireland, an area that she travels to periodically:
“Ireland
epitomizes my love of all things with a fascinating past. I can think of
no greater objective to
my art than to visually record the people and places and
objects that exemplify the history and character
of the country, to capture the
beauty in ordinary faces and places. Through my paintings, I hope to bring
the viewer the same sense of nostalgia and intimacy I feel from the subjects I
paint."