Martin Taylor British, Contemporary

Martin Taylor was born in 1954 and is based in Northamptonshire. He studied at the Ealing School of Art, Wimbledon School of Art and Goldsmith’s College. Martin’s work reflects his love of nature, played out in exquisitely detailed studies of the countryside surrounding his studio, a converted stable on a farm. Every season brings fresh inspiration, and to achieve the precision and focus so characteristic of his work Martin paints en plein air, returning to the same position for weeks at a time even in deepest winter. The combination of intricate detail and careful composition in his work celebrates nature on every scale, from the twigs on the forest floor to the clouds skimming the vast skies.

Martin's passion for the English countryside is legendary. He immerses himself in the fields, woods and hedgerows around his studio in Northamptonshire. In this way he can see every detail and reflects in his paintings how the natural world, the seasons and weather effect and alter our countryside. Working en plein air, he often uses the back of his Land Rover to provide his only shelter; he would have it no other way. His physical experience in the great outdoors, the wind, rain, mud and frost, are transferred with his brushstrokes onto each canvas and create supremely detailed and masterful landscapes.