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Falling Mist This painting started as a play on the idea of mist falling using a sort of progressive falling and disintegration of images. It also invokes the idea of a theatrical curtain similar to lowering mist. I'ts very simple and lyrical - the bush in a quiet and intimate mood. Seminyak Silver The idea of a silver beach is a cliche invoking white sand and bright light. I've found that a beach looks more like true silver metal when the sand is a darker volcanic grey and the light is a lot less intense. I've also painted this particular beach as Turquoise and as Jade. This painting is a sort of reconstruction from collaged realist sources - it can even be turned upside down for a different effect! Time And Again This is like a quantum view - a subject that can still be conveyed fairly clearly with multiple concurrent and mirroring viewpoints. Cubism did it by destroying traditional space but this painting creates a space which still seems real - sort of quantum metaphysics. I'd like to do more in this direction as it's still a bit of a mystery to me." Lake Memories Beside a holy lake in the grounds of a temple I found huge reticulated pythons sleeping in a glass-topped box with the reflection of the trees interacting with the sunlit patterns of their skin. It was such a hypnotic image which also invoked the story of Genesis and the Expulsion (ancient painting themes) that I had to see what I could do with it." Parallels I have often used the duality of the reflection and the reflected as a subject of paintings. This painting explores the idea that even when I try to destroy this duality (by painting only the reflection as the reflected) I am still left with it because no two brush marks can be identical - above is still different from below - parallel is never quite parallel." Squared Water I The 2 Squared Water paintings while being studies of a moment in time are also studies in symmetry and randomness. They have been carefully constructed from heavily edited photographs, but they also rely on totally unpredictable effects produced by the interaction of glazes and large calligraphic brushes." Squared Water II The 2 Squared Water paintings while being studies of a moment in time are also studies in symmetry and randomness. They have been carefully constructed from heavily edited photographs, but they also rely on totally unpredictable effects produced by the interaction of glazes and large calligraphic brushes." Woolwich Water Many of my paintings, particularly the water surface studies, are about the interaction of different layers with each other. These layers are mainly produced not from the water itself but from the elements outside the painting - in this case, the sky, the buildings and the wind. With water the subject is often Emptiness." Longueville Water Painting water is about painting layers - if you can see and understand the external atmosphere of the painting you can see the reason for each layer. For example the pale green layer is caused by sunlight filtering into the depths and the cream coloured calligraphic marks are cloud reflections. Each layer of marks has a reason although it looks like an abstraction." Gateway From a series of paintings I've done over the years where the subject is what's at my feet. Often, as with this one, the centre of the composition is empty. The gap between the stones gives a symmetry to an otherwise informal arrangement." Collins Beach - A Break In The Drought A noisy trickle of water from the previous night's rain marks an end to a long drought. A small ray of hope on a once-pristine beach - this is where Capt. Philip was speared for interfering with the locals dividing up a beached whale in May 1790." Long Reef - Last Light Long Reef is the only non-sandstone headland I know in the Sydney area coastline. The soft red earth stone it's made from stains the local beaches with its erosion and its reflections - especially at sunset. This painting needed dramatic water effects to match the dramatic colours." Rise And Fall - Balmoral Nocturne Full moon rising and light rain falling with a strange sort of empty calmness between ... This is a record of a dramatically different night on a very familiar beach." The Island - Late Winter IslandAutumnLowTide Turquoise Summer I The two Turquoise Summer paintings are realist memories of brilliant sunshine clear water and intense colours from a January trip down the coast from Sydney." Turquoise Summer II The two Turquoise Summer paintings are realist memories of brilliant sunshine clear water and intense colours from a January trip down the coast from Sydney." Littoral Shadows A study in contrasts - colour, texture, shade and movement. This is from a beach on Philip Island in Victoria. I sort of stumbled on the way to paint the shallow water effects and that always makes a painting more enjoyable. " Badangi Afternoon Badangi Reserve and Berry's Island are the arms encircling a small cove on Sydney Harbour. I painted each from the focus point of the other (one in the morning and one in the afternoon. This was from the beach shown in "Berry's Island - Morning"." Berrys Island Morning Badangi Reserve and Berry's Island are the arms encircling a small cove on Sydney Harbour. I painted each from the focus point of the other (one in the morning and one in the afternoon. This was from the point at the end of the rocks shown in "Badangi - Afternoon"" Berry's Bay After Fire The bush after fire is always more spacious and full of contrasts - this was painted on an early summer afternoon after a spring burn-off. The subject is mainly the contrast between the blue-purple contre-jour haze to the west and the dry burnt silhouetted foreground." Bush Study After Rain I was lucky enough to have a picnic-shed as shelter on this painting trip and was able to spend time studying the rich wet colours of the wattles and wet grass." Cockatoos At Fairview This subject of this painting was about a kilometre away down a long valley. I had to invent details from textural effects rather than copy what I saw." Blue Gums And Sandstone Because the colour contrast between these gums in shadow and the sunlit cliffs only existed for an hour or so each afternoon I had to work on this painting on 2 consecutive days as I returned to my campsite from working elsewhere. It's the sort of subject that photographs never capture because exposure never shows the shadows and sunlit areas evenly." Badangi Painted on a very grey day - it's strange how in that light all your paint colours look much stronger on site because your eyes are so used to the dimness. When I got this one back to the studio I had to strengthen the colour a lot." Edwards Beach - Morning These two Edward's Beach paintings are very simple studies from a day on a beach that I've painted many times, although rarely on site. They were painted a very short distance from each other and are much looser than most of my other work from there." EdwardsBeachAfternoon These two Edward's Beach paintings are very simple studies from a day on a beach that I've painted many times, although rarely on site. They were painted a very short distance from each other and are much looser than most of my other work from there."

Australian Landscape Paintings, Australian artists, Australian art, Australian paintings and prints, Australian Seascape paintings, Australian seascape prints, Australian ocean paintings, ocean prints, wave paintings, wave prints, island paintings, island prints, storm paintings, storm prints. Australian Limited edition Giclee prints on canvas.

Seascape Paintings

Seascape paintings and prints. Seascape paintings, seascape prints, ocean paintings, ocean prints, wave paintings, wave prints, island paintings, island prints, storm paintings, storm prints. Limited edition Giclee prints on canvas.

Landscape Paintings

Landscape paintings and prints. Landscape paintings, Landscape prints, bush paintings, Desert prints, Desert paintings, Limited edition Giclee prints on canvas.

.Internationally recognized Australian Artist Neil Taylor exhibits a selection of his unique Landscape Water and Seascape Paintings Art and Prints

NEIL TAYLOR BIOGRAPHY 1953 Born in Brisbane 1970-72 Art teacher's diploma, Kelvin Grove College, Brisbane 1973 High school teaching, Queensland 1974 Screen printing for a Sydney graphic arts company. Began painting full-time. 1976 Moved to Hawkesbury River area 1976-06 Travelled extensively in Australia and overseas researching for paintings EXHIBITIONS SOLO SHOWS 1976 Bonython Gallery Sydney 1977 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney 1978 Bonython Gallery Adelaide 1979 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney 1981 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney 1982 Bonython Gallery Adelaide 1983 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney 1984 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney 1985 Philip Bacon Gallery Brisbane 1986 Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle 1987 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney 1988 Philip Bacon Gallery Brisbane 1988 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney 1989 Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle 1990 Editions Gallery Melbourne 1990 Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle 1991 Solander Gallery Canberra 1991 Philip Bacon Gallery Brisbane 1992 Bridge Street Gallery Sydney 1993 Valerie Cohen Gallery Sydney 1995 Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle 1995 Wagner Gallery Hong Kong 1995 Wagner Gallery Sydney 1998 Gallery Attica Katoomba 1998 Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle 1999 Wagner Gallery Sydney 1999 North Shore Fine Art Sydney 2001 Cooks Hill Galleries Newcastle 2002 Port Jackson F.A. Laguna Beach CA 2004 Royall Fine Art Kent U.K. 2005 Wagner Gallery Sydney GROUP SHOWS 1974-2006 Hogarth Gallery Sydney ; Bonython Gallery Sydney ; "Sea Exhibition" Australian Pavilion Expo'75 Okinawa ; Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney ; Cook's Hill Galleries Newcastle ; Penrith Region Gallery ; Quentin Gallery Perth ; Barry Stern Gallery Sydney ; Bonython Gallery Adelaide ; Editions Gallery Melbourne; Gallery 460 Gosford ; BMG Fine Art Adelaide ; 8 Wynne,Archibald & Sulman Prize Exhibits A.G.N.S.W ; A.C.A.F.1 Melbourne ; Greenhill Galleries Perth ; BMG Fine Art Sydney ; A.C.A.F.2 Melbourne ; Solander Gallery Canberra ; Bridge Street Gallery Sydney ; Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne ; Dempsters Gallery Melbourne; Wagner Gallery Sydney, Valerie Cohen Gallery Sydney, Rotunda Exchange Square Hong Kong, Wagner Gallery Hong Kong, Marlene Antico Fine Arts Sydney, Beachside Gallery Noosa Qld.; North Shore Fine Art Sydney; Gallery Attica Katoomba; Bell Gallery Berrima, Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California; Moulton Galleries Sydney, William Merrill Gallery Laguna Beach California. NEIL TAYLOR (cont.) COLLECTIONS Wollongong City Art Gallery; B.H.P. Brisbane; European Asian Bank; Abbot-Tout-Creer; Gold Coast City Art Gallery; C.B.A. Bank; De Beers London; Newcastle University; N.R.M.A. Sydney; Banque Nationale du Paris; Volvo International; Hyatt Hotels Adelaide; Tubemakers Australia; N.S.W. State Parliament; European Banking Corporation; Bird Cameron Perth; S.A. Co-op Building Society; Price Waterhouse Sydney; Girvan Corporation Sydney; Fincorp Ltd, Perth; G.I.O.Sydney; Colgate-Palmolive Sydney; The Terrace Adelaide; American Club Sydney; State Bank of S.A.; Hilton Hotel Brisbane; A.M.P. Society Brisbane; Carrington Coal Co Newcastle; C.S. First Boston Sydney; Comsteel Newcastle; A.A.P. Sydney; Barclays De Zoot De Weit Sydney; Reuters Sydney; Bayer Sydney; State Street Bank Sydney, Randwick Municipal Council, A.G.L. Sydney, Hyatt Hotels USA. BIBLIOGRAPHY Vogue Living Aust. Reproductions Feb. 1977 National Times. Susanna Short 11 July 1977 Lemonade and Ladies' Legs Kym Bonython 1979 Australian Vogue Reproductions Dec. 1979 Art and Australia Reproduction Autumn 1980 Modern Australian Painting 1975-80 Kym Bonython Rigby 1980 Artemis (Newcastle) David Bromfield 1981 Art and Australia Reproduction Autumn 1982 Art International Vol.XXV/3-4 Elwyn Lynn Apr. 1982 The Bulletin Literary Supplement Illustration 24 Apr. 1984 Art and Australia Reproduction Winter 1986 Nearer by Far (cover) Richard Tipping U.Q.P. 1986 This Australia Vol.6 No.1 Nadine Amadio 1986 Australian Contemporary Art Fair Catalogue Reproduction 1988 Artists & Galleries of Australia Max Germaine 1984/90 Art and Australia Reproduction Autumn 1990 New Art Four Craftsman House 1990 Images in Contemporary Australian Painting Craftsman House 1993 The Nobby's Collection K. Brown & M. Jurisich 1993 Out of Australia 18 Contemporary Painters Hong Kong Land Co. 1994 State of The Art Nadine Wagner Sep. 1994 Australian Artlook Heinemann Sep. 1997 Also reviews in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Newcastle and Hong Kong and California.