Trisha Orr is an artist who has exhibited paintings at galleries and museums in Charlottesville, Houston, San Francisco, and New York City. She attended Sarah Lawrence College, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the University of Michigan, and her later professional education included the New York Studio School. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, she lives in Charlottesville with her husband, the poet Gregory Orr, with whom she has two grown daughters.