Helen Taylor Paintings

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) A Short Walk to Europe Signed with monogram, inscribed with title verso Oil on board 5 x 5 inches without frame 6 x 6 inches with frame Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and journeys. She spent her formative years in the Middle East, relocating to England at the age of 16, to attend Hampstead Fine Arts College, London. Growing up in a desert manifested a yearning for a ‘greening’ of landscape and garden. Moving to the relative flatness and sandy lanes of Suffolk provided comfort, fuel for the imagination and ultimately home – an outsider looking in but also residing within. Taylor works partially en plein air, in part from sketches and memory. The works are enveloped in an instinctive, gestural immediacy and equally, are concerned with the graphic, expressive potential of colour. Balancing a romantic impulse with simplification of form, imperfections of application and rawness of material, the paintings are rendered in a loose, textured style. Taylor seeks to reinvigorate traditions of figurative painting and provide the viewer with a shared personal encounter. In 2001, Taylor presented her paintings to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her work is held in private collections internationally. She has lived in East Anglia for 27 years. Exhibitions: A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, September, 2022 A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, June, 2023 A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, April, 20024 Under an Eastern Sky, Nicholas Holloway...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) The Blanket Oil on canvas 46 x 61 cm Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and journeys. She spent her formative years...

​Helen Taylor Par Avion Oil on canvas 100 x 76 cm Unframed Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and journeys. She spent her formative years in the...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) Journey interrupted (by a New Oak) Oil on canvas 46 x 61 cm Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and journeys. She sp...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) Just Friends Signed with monogram, inscribed with title verso Oil on board 5 x 5 inches Ready to hang - hanging attachment to the reverse Helen Taylor’...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) The Lost Day Signed with monogram, inscribed with title verso Oil on board 5 x 5 inches without frame 6 x 6 inches with frame Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and journeys. She spent her formative years in the Middle East, relocating to England at the age of 16, to attend Hampstead Fine Arts College, London. Growing up in a desert manifested a yearning for a ‘greening’ of landscape and garden. Moving to the relative flatness and sandy lanes of Suffolk provided comfort, fuel for the imagination and ultimately home – an outsider looking in but also residing within. Taylor works partially en plein air, in part from sketches and memory. The works are enveloped in an instinctive, gestural immediacy and equally, are concerned with the graphic, expressive potential of colour. Balancing a romantic impulse with simplification of form, imperfections of application and rawness of material, the paintings are rendered in a loose, textured style. Taylor seeks to reinvigorate traditions of figurative painting and provide the viewer with a shared personal encounter. In 2001, Taylor presented her paintings to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her work is held in private collections internationally. She has lived in East Anglia for 27 years. Exhibitions: A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, September, 2022 A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, June, 2023 A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, April, 20024 Under an Eastern Sky, Nicholas Holloway...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) The Blue Signed with monogram, inscribed with title verso Oil on board 10 x 10 inches 11½ x 11½ inches including the frame Helen Taylor’s practice follo...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) Now she knows she remembers Signed with monogram Oil on board 12 x 12 inches Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and ...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) Decorating cakes Signed with monogram, inscribed with title verso Oil on board 5 x 5 inches Ready to hang - hanging attachment to the reverse Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and journeys. She spent her formative years in the Middle East, relocating to England at the age of 16, to attend Hampstead Fine Arts College, London. Growing up in a desert manifested a yearning for a ‘greening’ of landscape and garden. Moving to the relative flatness and sandy lanes of Suffolk provided comfort, fuel for the imagination and ultimately home – an outsider looking in but also residing within. Taylor works partially en plein air, in part from sketches and memory. The works are enveloped in an instinctive, gestural immediacy and equally, are concerned with the graphic, expressive potential of colour. Balancing a romantic impulse with simplification of form, imperfections of application and rawness of material, the paintings are rendered in a loose, textured style. Taylor seeks to reinvigorate traditions of figurative painting and provide the viewer with a shared personal encounter. In 2001, Taylor presented her paintings to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her work is held in private collections internationally. She has lived in East Anglia for 27 years. Exhibitions: A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, September, 2022 A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, June, 2023 A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, April, 20024 Under an Eastern Sky, Nicholas Holloway...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) Tender Marsh Signed with monogram, inscribed with title verso Oil and pastel on board 7½ x 7½ inches 9¼ x 9¼ inches including the frame Helen Taylor’s p...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) Day Dreamer Signed with monogram, inscribed with title verso Oil on board 10 x 12 inches 11½ x 13½ inches including the frame Helen Taylor’s practice fo...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) The Migration Oil on canvas 100 x 76 cm Unframed Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and journeys. She spent her form...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) An Inheritance Signed with monogram, inscribed with title verso Oil on board 5 x 5 inches Ready to hang - hanging attachment to the reverse Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and journeys. She spent her formative years in the Middle East, relocating to England at the age of 16, to attend Hampstead Fine Arts College, London. Growing up in a desert manifested a yearning for a ‘greening’ of landscape and garden. Moving to the relative flatness and sandy lanes of Suffolk provided comfort, fuel for the imagination and ultimately home – an outsider looking in but also residing within. Taylor works partially en plein air, in part from sketches and memory. The works are enveloped in an instinctive, gestural immediacy and equally, are concerned with the graphic, expressive potential of colour. Balancing a romantic impulse with simplification of form, imperfections of application and rawness of material, the paintings are rendered in a loose, textured style. Taylor seeks to reinvigorate traditions of figurative painting and provide the viewer with a shared personal encounter. In 2001, Taylor presented her paintings to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her work is held in private collections internationally. She has lived in East Anglia for 27 years. Exhibitions: A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, September, 2022 A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, June, 2023 A Brush with Nature, Artspace, Woodbridge, April, 20024 Under an Eastern Sky, Nicholas Holloway...

​Helen Taylor (Contemporary) The First of Autumn Signed with monogram, inscribed with title verso Oil on board 10 x 12 inches Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belongin...