The images shown in the Works section of this site represent a selection of Michael's oil paintings produced since leaving Goldsmiths College School of Art in 1974.
Most of the works represented here have been exhibited at various exhibitions and galleries including The Royal Academy of Arts, Beaux Arts (London and Bath), The National Portrait Gallery, and most recently at Waterhouse and Dodd (London), and are now in private or public collections including:
Awards include:
In November 2010 I will be showing new work in a one man show at Waterhouse and Dodd, 26 Cork Street, London. Expected to run from the last week in November 2010 until Christmas, it will be the first opportunity to see paintings that have been created in my Dorset studio over the last couple of years. Images will be posted on this site in due course when the exhibition details have been finalized, or will be available from Waterhouse and Dodd.
The Scheringa Museum have acquired Portrait with Grave Goods and Model Steam Engine( Self Portrait ) for their permanent collection. These will join Grl rsting on swvl chr which they had previously purchased from Michael’s exhibition at Waterhouse and Dodd in 2006.
Following the collapse of the DSB Bank owned by Dirk Scheringa, it's main creditor, ABN Amro, has seized the entire collection which had been used to raise money for the construction of the now nearly completed new 38 million euro museum building."....they came like theives in the night" said tearful museum staff. We watch this space with interest.
2007 was spent catching up with portrait commissions. However, I am now settled back into the studio for a couple of years to work on more paintings, letting one picture lead naturally on to another. I look forward to exhibiting these paintings in due course.
Also, my thanks to Phil Rees for taking such pains and care to create, and maintain the new website.
Except where shown, copyright to the images on this website remains with The Artist (M R Taylor).
The reproduction, transmission, performance, display, rental, lending or storage of the images in any form or in any retrieval system is prohibited without the written consent of the copyright holders.
Michael Taylor is a contemporary Brtish artist and portrait painter. Michael Tayler, Michael Tailor, Micheal Taylor. Art by Michael Taylor (The Artist).
Site design by Philip Rees.