Discover the contemporary work of LAURENT OSTI
Né in 1970 in Nogent-sur-Seine in Aube, Laurent Osti works today in a quality capacity. interior designer. He is at at the same time master builder, project owner, technician and artist who plays with volumes, light, color, styles of furniture.
Laurent Osti has always drawn, everywhere, all the time, always.
From the age of 12 he produced his first caricatures of politicians.
À At the age of 14, his parents enrolled him in school. drawing classes at the Beaux-Arts in Troyes, and it’s at that moment that he realizes that he is going to move towards an artistic career.
Over the years, he discovered graphic arts techniques and tried his hand at creating art. acrylic paint, watercolor, pastel.
When he is not drawing, he dabbles in painting. photography, and he walks the streets of Paris to capture the nocturnal atmosphere of a neighborhood, between dark and deserted alleys or festive atmosphere under a street lamp, or the portrait of ;a night owl the glow of his camera. If the night is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for him, it is because it is also the theater of another form of life and the genesis of it. creator of a unique atmosphere. The night fascinates him and carries a unique and mysterious atmosphere. And that's good thanks to his studies in graphic arts that instead of seeing only one world, ours, he sees several, as many stories imbued with poetry and melancholy as there are shots of view.
In his drawings, it’s the same story, he seeks to draw light with pencils and brushes, and thus recreating a special atmosphere. Contrasts and chiaroscuro are important elements of his style and light remains one of his favorite subjects. He is fascinated by by the way in which it filters through through its urban landscapes, by the way in which it floods an entire landscape with color.
His drawings, classic in style and imbued with reality, oscillate between architect's sketches, comic strips and realism. He always works from his shots, trying to capture what they are. each time the present moment, the particular moment.
Today, he has more free time for his pictorial creation, and thus experiments with various techniques such as drawing with pencil, charcoal, felt-tip pen and inks. Watercolor also seduces him with its freedom. gesture, transparency and delicacy of colors. He is passionate about this medium, both simple and yet offers immense possibilities.
His latest drawings speak of the town of Nogent-sur-Seine but also of Provins, of Paris and its banks of the Seine. Because urban landscapes are for him a source of beauty, calm and mystery. They are also power and fragility, vitality and vitality. and resilience, ultimately inseparable from human life.
If’he looked for à expressing all these sensations in his drawings, it is to better restore a memory, his childhood memories, traces, like a tribute to his father. his hometown among others, his family, but also to and all the cities he visited, and thus invite the viewer on a dreamlike journey.
