In his 92 years, independent studio artist and composer Ray Pierotti has received well-deserved recognition and accolades from around the globe. His paintings hang in nearly 1,000 private, public and corporate art collections throughout the United States, South America, Europe and the Far East. He is catalogued in the Archives of American Art and listed in Who’s Who in International Art & Design. After all his worldly travels, he now lives and creates in the tiny town of Shellman, Georgia.

EARLY YEARS
His work and inspiration took Pierotti to all corners of the earth before he made his way to Southwest Georgia 14 years ago. A native of Utah, he joined the military during the Korean War and served in both Korea and Japan. He then made his way to France, where he studied languages at the prestigious Paris university, La Sorbonne and received an undergraduate degree. Following Paris, Pierotti returned to Utah and studied music composition, earning a bachelor’s and a master’s in music composition and musicology from the University of Utah.