From glass edge to ice shelf

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This small group of paintings originated from a visit to Aysen, Chile in 2018 to climb, bike and kayak. It would be the first of three similar trips to the region in the years following, all of which have provided source material for further work.

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Looking back, apart from a vague expectation that some imagery might eventually emerge from the trip, there was no preconception about content, size or medium.

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I had just completed a 3-year long commission for a Manchester based international architectural practice recording in visual painted imagery, an urban development project in the city. The paintings were hard edged and angular, representative of the fields of glass stretched across the steel armature of the cityscape.

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As with many other things, when you find a solution to a problem there is a temptation to repeat the process on the assumption that you achieve a similar successful outcome. In painting this never works – the imagery is unsurprising and has no depth.

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Although I knew the Aysen landscape would shake up the visual formula I had become familiar with, I didn’t have a clue what it would look like…..

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‘There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature’

Antonio Gaudi, Architect.

Colin Taylor​​

Each painting has a price of £550.00

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All 30 x 22 inches are acrylic, ink and pastel on handmade Arches paper.

They are framed, glazed and ready to hang.