NORTHERN ROMANTIC
Sophie Gannon Gallery
08 Jun 2021 – 26 Jun 2021
Northern Romantic marks a number of departures and returns for Ross Taylor. This series of ten paintings presents a stylistic shift in Taylor’s work, made more apparent by a transition in medium from drawing to painting. It is also the first solo exhibition Taylor has dedicated to the landscape, with previous solo exhibitions including a combination of landscape exteriors and fractured architectural interiors, painstakingly rendered in pencil on paper. Working with acrylic paint demands a certain pace, one that for Taylor seems to elicit an energetic quality verging on the hallucinogenic. An energy, not merely defined by tempo, or rate of application, but a certain kind of intensity just beyond control, yet with an overall air of soothing calm. A kind of peace in letting go.
Northern Romantic presents a group of paintings that vibrate with vivid luminosity.
- excerpt from catalogue essay by Travis Curtin (2021)
Ross TaylorAll encores 2021synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas153 x 103 cm●●
Ross TaylorFlat lux 2021synthetic polymer and pencil on linen153 x 103 cm●●
Ross TaylorNight habit 2021synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas153 x 103 cm●●
Ross TaylorCradle 2021synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas153 x 103 cm●●
Ross TaylorEarly blue 2021synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas153 x 103 cm●●
Ross TaylorDays burn fast 2021synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas76 x 112 cm●●
Ross TaylorWay to fall 2021synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas112 x 76 cm●●
Ross TaylorStone cold tone 2021synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas81.5 x 61.5 cm●●
Ross TaylorThe wait 2021synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas77 x 61.5 cm●●
Ross TaylorTill June 2021synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas81.5 x 61.5 cm●●