Ortaire was born in Normandy, France.
After studying Fine Art at Cherbourg, he
settled in the Bretagne area where he
lives near the sea with his family.
He works with various materials and
pigment create his unique painted fish
before suspending it in paraffin wax and
covering them with transparent resign.
Genuine sardine tins (manufactured in his
local area) are used where possible to create
and interesting dynamic between an
industrial, mass-produced everyday objects and art.
Using his unusual mix of materials, Ortaire aims to amuse and delight us with this
unexpected marriage of commercial and the artisan. Ortaire has exhibited his work at
The Royal Academy and throughout France, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and
Switzerland.