Piers Ottey
Snail, Oil on canvas, 18" x 18
I have always been concerned with the challenge of commenting on and communicating my feelings for the three- dimensional world in two dimensions. My work is meant to be about space but also about flat shape. It is figuratively based but does not preclude abstraction. Subject matter is mostly Landscape or Figure based. I am interested in the work of other painters from Piero Della Francesca with its balance and proportion on the one hand to the spatial qualities of Giacometti’s work on the other. Rothko and Diebencorn too.
Born in London, Piers trained at Chelsea School of Art in the 1970’s. He has been painting ever since. He moved to West Sussex in 1980 and set up The Mill Studio in 1994. Panting mostly in oils, his subject matter has often been influenced by his travels to Greece, Spain, France and Denmark but he always returns to painting from the human form. He paints landscapes, objects as well as semi-abstract forms. His work has been exhibited in London, the provinces and abroad and can be found in private and corporate as well as public collections around the world.
'Wet Pie'. oil on canvas 24 x 36in.