My work is inspired by the landscapes I walk and cycle through. I am concerned, like many of us, by the decline of biodiversity and the climate crisis. Through my work I want to represent the diverse natural habitats of Britain, celebrate the animals that rely on them and instil in others a sense of awe for nature and a desire to protect it.
The paintings are often a close up view of the landscape, so that the subject I am interested in, whether that be a tree or House Martin is to the fore and centre of the image.
In the studio, I value the distance from my subject matter, as this allows me to blend the on location sketches with my visual and emotional memory of the place. I enjoy using colour relationships and the paints physicality to lead the final direction of the finished paintings.
Education
2022 – 2023 Leith School of Art, Mentoring Course 2021 – 2022 Leith School of Art, three day painting course
2014 – 2016 Dundee and Angus College, Contemporary Art Practice, HND
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Heriot Gallery, First Impressions, Group exhibition, Edinburgh 2024 Visual Arts Scotland, RSA, Edinburgh 2023 Scottish Landscape Awards, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
2023 Leith School of Art, Mentoring course end of year show
2023 Compass Gallery, Black-Isle Collective, Glasgow
2023 Mall Gallery, Royal Society of British Artists, London
2022 Open Eye Gallery, On a Small Scale, Edinburgh
2022 Leith School of Art, End of year show, Customs House
2022 Black-Isle Collective, The Stables, Cromarty
2022 Weaving Beelines, Museums Galleries Scotland, Cromarty
2021 Black-Isle Collective, The Stables Cromarty
2020 The Sea Inside, funded by NatureScot, Cromarty Courthouse
2019 20:20, Highland Print Studio, Inverness
2017 Cromarty Open Studios, Cromarty
Residencies
2022 Creative Scotland collaborative residency, Wasps, Skye
2021 Self-directed home residency, supported by VACMA, Cromarty
Awards
2022 Salt Tales, Creative Scotland Development Fund
2022 Weaving Beelines (following the Blairack), Museums Galleries Scotland, Cromarty
2022 Painting prize, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2020 Emerging Art and Craft Makers Award, funded by VACMA, Highland 2020 Baxter and Rintoul research project, Time to Shine Fund
2020 The Sea Inside, Plunge In!, Funded by NatureScot, Cromarty
Alice Taylor 