Born in New York in 1936 to Canadian parents, Louise Scott attended l'Ecole des
Beaux-Arts de Montreal. In 1958 she studied with Oskar Kokoschka in Austria at the
Salzbourg School of Art. Louise Scott lives and works in Montreal. Her dry
pastel works on paper, or her oil paintings, often represent people characterized by
their round faces, round noses, small mouths and slightly protruding eyes, who fix the
spectator with their strange and penetrating gaze. Wearing colourful costumes, they live
in sumptuous surroundings, medeival tapestries or oriental wallpaper completing the decor.
Louise Scott has been with Gallery Jean-Pierre Valentin since 1977. Her works
may also be found in many Canadian Museums.