The Muse at 269 is pleased to present the Aritst-in-residence Exhibition, A body of work created over the last 7 months by British artist Richard Taylor.
Richard Taylor’s work brings a fresh contemporary twist to an otherwise traditional process of landscape painting. The first departure comes with an initial gestural approach to mark-making, which, through a considered eye, captures the immediacy and urgency of a glance across the hustle and bustle of Portobello’s busy market place. These visual and auditory experiences find their way onto the canvas and make themselves known through splashes of vibrancy and a lyrical, ‘synaestheisiastic’ handling of paint, which results in a finished painting that brings together a myriad of experiences into one, captivating, semi-abstract space.
Richard Taylor’s 7 month residency has been a mixture of great pleasure and intense development. Having a studio on London's famous Portobello Road, free from financial burden has enabled Richard to fully concentrate on his work. With these added benefits he has been free to explore why he has chosen to be an artist. After graduating, Fine art students often find themselves in a strange halfway house; suddenly coming from a comfortable, friendly environment of the campus, to the lonely, sometimes faithless world of being an artist is a hard transition to make. The residency at the Muse 269 has helped soften that blow and given Richard the opportunity to become a better, more understanding artist.
