Mauro Celotti

The Versatile Artist Italian born and South African raised, Mauro Celotti brings an exotic mix of cultures and continents into his richly textured work.

His warm and charming personality complements an extremely versatile artist, whose work in the mediums of photography, graphic design, printing
publishing and painting have won him numerous awards and accolades.

Art has been his passion since he was a young child. He attended The Ruth Prouse College of Art with majors in Photography and Graphic Art. He also studied drawing and history of Art at UNISA.

Then at the University of Cape Town he attended workshops on Silk Screening.

He has worked in many mediums including pastels, airbrush, acrylics, silk-screening, metal and wood digital art, mixed media and oils.

Mauro’s joy in his art is clearly visible through his work. Now he takes great pleasure working in oils, acrylics and mixed media.

Mauro’s work has a distinct yet subtle European avant-garde feel to it.

Gorgeous textures and undulating hills that almost roll off the canvas or the big bold art deco designs that beg to brighten up any room. There is no end to the diversity and imagination of this talented artist.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Since my first outdoors art class in my teen years sitting under a tree in a field of a small Italian village I have been fascinated with textures, lighting and colour.

Most of my creations begin with several small sketches or ideas from my own photographs.

I try to create a dialogue with the viewer by using my own mixed media visual language with color and surface texture.

My goal as an artist is to leave an impression on the people that take a look at my work.