2022
99cms x 74cms x 13cms and 96cms x 74cms x 13cms
Wood, cardboard, paper and
acrylic paint on board into deep, matt white painted frames.
Twisttide and Longshore Drift are from the Large
Elemental Series.
This series, whilst being wall hung, have actual elements of
the third dimension, and quite literally explore the space between painting and
sculpture.
These works, having a degree of physical protrusion from the
wall plane are intended to be viewed from a radius of approximately 180 degrees
rather than from a fixed standpoint, thus offering something of the complex
physical dynamic of the constantly changing coastal/spatial interaction
observed on my many journeys around the British coastline and especially in relation
to my much earlier Flamborough Series.
I am reluctant to mention perceived influences, as these are
never overt, plagiaristic or obvious, but subtle,
nuanced, sometimes subliminal and processed through ones’ consciousness over
prolonged periods of time and often, not at all evident or discernible in the
finished work.
For example, Leonardo’s exquisitely observed studies of
moving water or Turner’s powerful atmospheric paintings of natural forces may
be assimilated, but not graphically re-presented in what is essentially an attempt to pare down to primary,
fundamental elements and thus to leave out the detractive and unnecessary.
However, in this series, I would acknowledge, amongst
others, a long-time respect for the work of the painter Peter Lanyon and the
sculptor Anthony Caro, both of whom I regard as important British artists of
the twentieth century.
George Taylor
August 2022
