Larry Otoo

Larry Otoo is Ghanaian and lives in Ghana, this fascinating West African country which combines tradition and modernity so well. Holder of a master's degree in African art and comparative literature from the prestigious "Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology" in Kumasi, in his country, Otoo has participated in exhibitions and residencies around the world and is today considered as one of the famous painters of Ghana. Otoo's works have been presented in Ghana, Spain and in prestigious institutions in the United States, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ivory Coast, Italy, Canada and Germany, and some may be found in public collections as far away as Japan. This does not disturb the life or the creativity of the artist, who traces his path with constants, revealing an infinity of variables.

As Larry Otoo himself explains, “All paintings have three things in common. First, they are dedicated to the human being; second, I only use tones derived from a limited number of primary colors which sometimes break down into secondary colors. This is my specialty as a painter. Third, they are all paintings of an unusual style. From the market scenes for which he is famous to the most unusual portraits of women, Otoo's work stems from an alchemy that only its author understands.

Larry Otoo's paintings are like a ray of sunshine that soothes, warms and invigorates us.