Near Light
Sophie Gannon Gallery
09 Sep 2025 – 27 Sep 2025
Ross Taylor’s luminous landscapes intertwine a meticulous, process-driven painting practice with his deep connection to Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country in Australia. Drawing inspiration from the theatricality of historical landscape painting, Taylor employs techniques such as scumbling, mottling, and bleeding to dissolve the boundaries between abstraction and representation. His vivid natural forms do not serve as literal depictions but rather emerge as psychologically and spiritually charged terrains shaped by the fluidity and fragility of memory.
These works emphasize materiality and invite an emotional engagement with place, encouraging slow, contemplative reflection through the poetic interplay of colour and light.
