Margot theis raven biography
A national award-winning author and speaker, Margot Theis Raven's long professional career includes writing in the fields of radio, television, magazines, newspapers and children's books..
Margot Raven
Margot Theis Raven was born in Indianapolis, IN on August 30, 1950 and died in Mt.
Pleasant, SC on August 16, 2014. She was the oldest daughter of Bob Theis, Sr., and the late Peggy Theis of Vero Beach, FL. She is survived by her husband, Tom Hanton, her three siblings; Bob Theis, Jr., Peggy Smith, and Nancy Weed and four adult children; Scott, Bryan, and twins Ashley and Mike Raven.
Margot Theis Raven has been a professional writer and author for almost thirty years.
Margot was an accomplished fine art painter and a national award-winning author with ten published books. While living in the Boston area during the mid-90s, Margot re-embraced her early love of painting by studying at Boston’s celebrated De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park.
At the De Cordova, Margot was highly influenced by classic approaches to oil painting and pastels as well as by the unique color theories originated by Germany’s famous Bauhaus school. “I don’t want a painting to tell the viewer what he can se