Born 1972 in Jersey, Ollie Le Brocq later moved to England, and in 2009 settled on the Suffolk Heritage Coast. He studied Design at art college, and later Industrial Design at degree level, with the University of Hertfordshire. He has practiced as a professional digital artist and animator for over 20 years.
Ollie started experimenting in paint in 2012, painting in his spare time. His painting practice centres around still life, representations of people, street scenes, and interiors. “My main motivation is to capture the light and a sense of space, or movement, while attempting to convey an ephemeral moment of interest.”
Painting Style
Through critical observation he strives to convey a sense of light, and the effect it has on the subject, in all its temporal nature of shifting tone and colour. His often disintegrated style was born partly out of frustration – painting is difficult – and as a result pictorial elements are often destroyed and broken. “I’m quite happy to break things apart, only to start again if I feel the painting isn’t working, and later rebuild and incorporate aspects of the previous ‘failure’.” In this way of working, he aims to achieve a result that is relevant to the way we perceive the world. Human vision and memory are not perfect.
Past Exhibitions
2022 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2022 Fresh Art Fair Ascot
2022 Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol Summer Exhibition
2022 Thompson’s Annual Exhibition, Aldeburgh
2022 Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham
2022 Our House, Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol
2021 Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh, Christmas Exhibition
2021 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, with Lime Tree Gallery
2021 Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol, Autumn Exhibtion
2021 Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham, with Lime Tree Gallery
2021 Lime Tree Gallery, Long Melford, Summer Exhibition
2021 Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh Annual Exhibition
2021 Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol Spring Exhibition
2021 Thompson’s Gallery, A Virtual February, Aldeburgh
2021 Lime Tree Gallery, Online Winter Exhibition
2020 Holt Festival, Sir John Hurt Art Prize Exhibition
2020 Lime Tree Gallery, Summer Exhibition
2020 Thompson’s Gallery, Annual Exhibition
2020 Lime Tree Gallery, Spring Exhibition
2019 Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh, Christmas Exhibition
2019 Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, with The Art Agency
2018 IEA Open 2018
2018 Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, Autumn Show/Hampshire Art Fair
2017 Studio 18, Winter Show, Jersey CI
2016 Halesworth Gallery, Open
2016 The Cut Open, Halesworth
Publications
2018 Book Cover – Translations from Memory, Fred D’Aguiar, published by Carcanet