Leaf Composition

About Leaf Composition

This abstract acrylic painting inspired by nature was created by Otto Rogers.
Renowned internationally as a masterful abstract artist, Otto Rogers distinctive aesthetic often combined geometric passages with forms found in nature—a leaf pattern in this painting. Single leaves appear to float around the canvas in a dynamic composition. Layers of acrylic paint in an earthy palette of grays, deep blue, and moss green punctuated by white and black create a subtle texture.

“In a work of art, you take maximum diversity and create a unity…that has a life of its own.” Otto Rogers

“….he is a ‘Big Attack Painter,’ (as Sir Anthony Caro once stated): while he reflected the external world, he painted from the inside and he never compromised his authentic expression.” Jessica Veevers, PhD Art Historian

Otto Rogers (1935-2019) acquired his MA in Fine Art from the University of Wisconsin and later taught at the University of Saskatchewan for 29 years. He also participated in the Emma Lake Workshops in BC which attracted some of North America’s finest artists. Rogers’ work is held privately and publicly in more than 30 collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Museu d'art contemporain de Barcelona, and the National Gallery of Iceland. In 2007, a published book of his work Otto Donald Rogers, included a foreword by the British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro.