A native of Arizona, Gerry Grout came from a ranching family that moved to the West in 1909.  Interested in the visual arts since childhood, she earned her first prize at the age of ten with a painting of sunlight highlighting Arizona boulders. She is motivated by the solidity and linear quality of natural forms. She prefers to paint in series and is currently concentrating on her fifth series that involves floral forms.

Her early childhood interst in art was furthered by study at the University of Arizona, University of San Diego, Phoenix College and the Scottsdale Artists School. Since studying with nationally known artists such as George Nicolaides, Robert Kushner and Carolyn Katchen, Gerry has developed her own style in depicting her subject matter. 

Gerry is a Life Member of the Arizona Artists Guild Hall of Fame and a juried member of the Arizona Watercolor Association. She has won jurors’ best of show and numerous  choice awards. She is the author of a book titled “Linerar Images of the Living Figure." The book includes sixty drawings of nude figures, many of which are used as references for figurative paintings. Her images have been featured in many national art publications.

Gerry has  served as a docent at the Phoenix Art Museum (1976--1986) where she is a member of the Director’s Circle. She served as a Board and Founders Circle Member of the West Valley Fine Arts

Council.She served as chairman of the Arizona Artists Guild’s Scholarship for several years and provides an annual scholarhip to encourage the continuation of college art students studies.

During the years 2006-2007, Gerry has been on a sabbatical from her studio to serve in community activities. She served time as a volunteer art teacher at a Juvenile Corrections Center, as a West Valley Arts Council Building Campaign member as well as an Arizona Artists Guild building project member which is presently under construction with a completion date in August, 2009.

Click HERE for Gerry's Artist Statement 

Click HERE for Gerry's List of Exhibitions