| About
the Artist
Maureen Ottier began her career at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in her native Trinidad, as a scientific illustrator. She worked in the advertising industry doing creative writing, graphic art and client contacts for a number of years, and began managing Moart her own art supply company while she attended art courses at UWI Extra Mural Studies Unit. She later opened Art Works gallery in the neighbouring island of Barbados where she showcased other Caribbean artists' as well as her own work. Maureen has designed and marketed her own line of greeting cards and specializes in an exquisite range of miniatures. She has been a contributing artist to the Naturalist Magazine and the annual Christmas card project of the Rotary Club of Maraval. Her work is also featured in the Guyana & Trinidad Mutual Life Calendar 1975, the Women In Art catalogue and the American Womens' Club art catalogue 1999. From 1970 to the present Maureen Ottier has participated in numerous mixed exhibitions, including the Trinidad Art Society Annual November Exhibition and the Women in Art Annual Exhibition. Her most recent solo exhibition was held at Art Creators gallery in 1999 followed by Parallel Journeys, a joint exhibition with water colourist, Jane Albert at 101 Art Gallery in 2002. She has received awards for excellence in painting from the Trinidad Art Society in 1988 and for contribution to Art in Barbados from the Barbados National Cultural Foundation in 1990. Ottier now divides her time between painting and teaching in her home studio far up one of the many lovely valleys of Northwestern Trinidad, surrounded by the garden of fruit trees, plants and birds which inspire much of her work. She continues to participate in artist workshops both at home and abroad. Her enduring love for nature and the out of doors keeps her actively involved with the Trinidad Field Naturalist' Club which affords her opportunities for working in remote and unspoilt areas of her country. A versatile artist, Maureen is equally at home in a variety of media. She accepts commissions for portraits, drawings, and paintings of homes, special places, and other subjects, in oils, acrylic, watercolour, or pastels. Other examples of her work are to be found in:
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