BIOGRAPHY

Paul Holt was born in Yorkshire, England in 1948 and lives in Ascona, Switzerland.

He first trained as a draftsman in engineering, then spent one year at art school, before training as a teacher of English and religious studies.

At the age of 25, he went with his Swiss wife to continental Europe where he worked and studied in France, Germany and Italy. While working as an English teacher, he devoted himself over many years to the development of his painting.

He also enjoys writing poems.

STATEMENT

“Art should be a constant source of aesthetic enjoyment.” (Hans Hofmann)

“Art is the longing for God.” (Alexej von Jawlensky)

Paul uses his drawing skills, feeling for colour, and his sense of composition in his attempt to express transcendence.

Great influences have been Medieval and Byzantine art, early Renaissance, Expressionism, Fauvism, and Zen painting.

His greatest modern influence has been Wassily Kandinsky. The idea for a painting emerges in the head but is painted from the soul.

Paul paints in oils, watercolours and gouache, sometimes in Indian ink on Japanese paper. He uses only materials of high quality.