Have you ever wondered who paints the pictures used in movies? For his recent film The Grand Budapest Hotel, director Wes Anderson commissioned contemporary British figurative painter Michael Taylor to paint a fictional Renaissance portrait titled Boy with Apple. The film’s plot builds from the artwork, which features a stately, pre-pubescent boy in sumptuous fabrics, holding a plump, if not slightly bruised green apple. The charming intrigue of the subject is underscored by a slightly hesitant darkness in the boy’s expression and the less than perfect condition of the fruit of sin. This thematic element makes the subject present and vigilant, inciting anxiety and curiosity within the viewer. In many ways, this is Taylor’s signature.
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor ,British born 1952 Worthing, Sussex. Michael Taylor works quietly and carefully on one painting at a time, spending about three months
Have you ever wondered who paints the pictures used in movies? For his recent film The Grand Budapest Hotel, director Wes Anderson commissioned contemporary British figurative painter Michael Taylor to paint a fictional Renaissance portrait titled Boy with Apple. The film’s plot builds from the artwork, which features a stately, pre-pubescent boy in sumptuous fabrics, holding a plump, if not slightly bruised green apple. The charming intrigue of the subject is underscored by a slightly hesitant darkness in the boy’s expression and the less than perfect condition of the fruit of sin. This thematic element makes the subject present and vigilant, inciting anxiety and curiosity within the viewer. In many ways, this is Taylor’s signature.
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor ,British born 1952 Worthing, Sussex. Michael Taylor works quietly and carefully on one painting at a time, spending about three months
Paintings by Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Have you ever wondered who paints the pictures used in movies? For his recent film The Grand Budapest Hotel, director Wes Anderson commissioned contemporary British figurative painter Michael Taylor to paint a fictional Renaissance portrait titled Boy with Apple. The film’s plot builds from the artwork, which features a stately, pre-pubescent boy in sumptuous fabrics, holding a plump, if not slightly bruised green apple. The charming intrigue of the subject is underscored by a slightly hesitant darkness in the boy’s expression and the less than perfect condition of the fruit of sin. This thematic element makes the subject present and vigilant, inciting anxiety and curiosity within the viewer. In many ways, this is Taylor’s signature.
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
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Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
In this Spotlight, we ask Michael Taylor, a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, about his experiences and inspiration.
Michael Taylor ,British born 1952 Worthing, Sussex. Michael Taylor works quietly and carefully on one painting at a time, spending about three months
Kai Fine Art is an art website, shows painting and illustration works all over the world.
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this as a life-long process, involving as it does contemplation, reflection and production” His chosen way of working inevitably leads to a certain complexity of content that only reveals itself with time and familiarity. As Mary Rose Beaumont wrote: “the paintings do not simply record what is seen, but also what might be seen with the inner eye. They represent thoughts and feelings that are not visible ….. They are for the individual who is prepared to let them enter his bloodstream, who will return again and again to savour the slow release quality of these remarkable paintings”. 'Grido solamente il silenzio grido me grido te d'ogni dubbio e verità del caos nella mia mente...' tratto da "Il silenzio del caos" di ~ Catherine La Rose ~
