insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 04 - June 2015 | Page 13

arts+entertainment

Artist Interview:

Piers Ottey
Some artists are made, and some are born. Piers Ottey appears to be one of the latter, having
painted all his life, and then going on to achieve great things through his chosen medium. Piers
has lived in Sussex since 1980, and spends a good deal of his time in his studio in Arundel – it is
his home in his chosen county, as well as his visits abroad (to places as diverse as New York and
Switzerland) that give rise to his passionate paintings.
Large-scale canvases are Piers’ favoured way to work, enabling him to capture the grandness
of his subjects, as well as allowing him to work w