Peter
Doig is a Scottish
painter. I read of him recently in a Times magazine article by Bryan
Appleyard. Oddly I had never heard of him, even while I often
visit art galleries here and abroad. He
was born in Edinburgh, the Tate lists him as English.
When others were turning to conceptual art in the 1990s Doig stuck to his painting.
I went to
check on his paintings and was impressed with his subtle use of colour and tones, thoughtful narratives and careful immersive reflections, Beautiful.
Doig is one
of the most renowned living figurative painters, he has settled in Trinidad
since 2002. In 2007, his painting White Canoe sold at Sotheby's for $11.3 million, then an auction
record for a living European artist. In February 2013, his painting, The
Architect's Home in the Ravine, sold for $12 million at a London
auction.
His work is at the Palazzetto Tito, Venice from May 5, Venice biennial of art. http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/peter_doig.ht
