Petra Schott

Website: www.petra-schott.de

Country: Germany

Petra Schott is an abstract painter whose art revolves around states of mind, longings, and memories. She studied Fine Art at the Art Academy in Kassel in 1982 and has, since then, attracted the attention of national and international galleries, art critics, and collectors. Highly influenced by the works of Cy Twombly, Leiko Ikemura, Joan Mitchell, Marlène Dumas, Elisabeth Cummings, and Henri Matisse, the artist’s work is emotionally charged and in direct dialogue with the viewer who is invited into an open space for expression. Whilst in her works Schott delicately creates colourful representations of nostalgia, freedom and human relationships, she also explores nature and an intangible realm in which human figures with abstract facial expressions are loosely outlined. In her work, she weaves personal and collective memories into shapes, marks and lines found in her everyday life, creating an abstract language of painting that oscillates between lyrical abstraction and figurative references. The art curator Nell Cardozo wrote about her works: “There is a generous intimacy in Schott’s use of colour that coaxes out a subtle interplay between comfort and longing. Looking into them is like looking into a dream that belongs to some common consciousness.” Petra Schott regularly exhibits nationally and internationally.

Night light, oil on canvas, 140x140 cm

Green winds, 120x120x3xm, oil on canvas

Summer talk V, oil on canvas, 140x140x3cm

Rose fragrance, 100x80x4cm, oil on canvas

And then she decided to take a bath, 140x140x3cm

Plants taking over, oil on canvas, 120x120x3cm

Graden, oil on canvas, 140x140x3cm

Mediterranean V, oil on canvas, 140x130x3cm