The images shown in the Works section of this permanent exhibition site represent a selection of Michael's oil paintings produced since leaving Goldsmiths College School of Art in 1974.
Most of the works depicted 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:
The first four months of the year have been spent creating a Self Portrait with Grave Goods (and shaving mirror). It formed the culmination of six years of non stop work which provided the content for my two one man shows at Waterhouse and Dodd, interspersed with one or two portrait commissions. I saw this self portrait, a commission from a Turkish collector, as a chance to reflect on this period and finally dump myself and a collection of redundant props and metaphoric objects in the attic tomb, and seal the entrance.
Waterhouse and Dodd are exhibiting eight of Michael's recent paintings in their Greene Street Gallery, New York. The exhibition, a mixed show, runs from 19th May until 4th June 2011. For further information, contact Eleanor Cheetham, newyork@waterhousedodd.com
This one-man show runs from 24 November until 17 December 2010 at Waterhouse & Dodd, 26 Cork Street, London W1S 3ND. A catalogue is available from the gallery on request. For further information call Jamie Anderson at the gallery on +44 20 7734 7800. Also, a downloadable .pdf version of the catalogue is available via the gallery website.
in the intoduction to the catalogue, Huon Mallalieu writes ......
Michael's portrait of crime fiction writer, P D.James is currently on display in Room 37 at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
This painting was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in 1996. It has been loaned by the NPG to 10 Downing Street and to the Geffrye Museum. It was also the subject of a Channel 4 television program in 2002.
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 thieves 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.
The Scheringa Museum has 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.
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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).
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