Regina Ottman

Regina Ottman's early teachers discovered she has perfect pitch and synesthesia (color-music), both of which provide her a particularly rich source of imagery.

Her work has appeared in shows throughout the Northeastern U.S., including Cerulean Arts Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), the Philadelphia Sketch Club, The Plastic Club (Philadelphia, PA), Loft Artists Association (Stamford, CT), the

annual Ellerslie Open at Trenton Museum of Art (Trenton, NJ), Perkins Center for the Arts Annual Juried Exhibits (Moorestown, NJ) and Tri-State Artists Equity (PA/NJ/DE). 

Her paintings, drawings, prints and encaustics hang in

private collections throughout the eastern United States, including such varied spots as the Cooper Cancer Center in Camden, NJ, the office of the president of Camden County College in Blackwood, NJ, a Center for Family Services safe house, and on a community wall mural at Twisted Tatt2 in Camden, NJ (featured on Spike TV's Tattoo Rescue.). She is represented by Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, and lives in historic Laurel Springs, NJ.

As an artist born with perfect pitch and synesthesia, my ability to 'hear' colors is a wellspring of inspiration.  My abstract work explores various musical keys, tempi, rhythms, patterns and moods.  As I investigate these varieties of musical palettes and textures, I work with a variety of media and techniques to best express the way I see-hear.

I am inspired by the patterns, colors and textures in music and in the natural world. I am curious about the way opposites inform and balance each other: fragility and resilience, sorrow and comfort, community and singularity. I am intrigued by these tensions and how they find space on a two dimensional surface. In these relationships are endless sources of inspiration, curiosity and joy, both in my art and in everyday life.

- Regina Ottman, 2026