: : PIERS OTTEY : :

Piers was shortlisted for the Bath University Painting Prize and his painting 'The East River from Times Square with a bit of Norman Foster' was put on show in Bath. Piers has since been notified that he has won the Bath University prize by popular vote. Furthermore the University have purchased the painting which can be seen hanging in their renowned 24hour Library. Piers was presented with his prize by the Vice Chancellor of the University
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the artist

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.
Painting 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.

Piers' work is very personal. There is a mischievous quality in most of his paintings, sometimes subversive - as in 'Horse race in the dark' or in ' The serene and peaceful type 42 Destroyer'. Chairs may only have three legs, a Model only one eye and then there is the issue of the 'code' of colours often seen around the edge of his canvasses. These form a diary; a record of all the colours used to make the image and in the order they were made and used.

For Piers, the edges of the picture are important, so is the geometry between the edge and the centre. The square is his most common format; primary red and blue form his initial drawing. ' Surface quality should be special' he says and all viewers should feel free to feel the surface of the work

A. new house farm barns ford lane arundel west sussex bn18 oef T. 01243 558 880 E. piers@themillstudio.com