Michael_Taylor_(English_artist)
Michael Taylor (English artist)
English artist (b. 1952)
Michael Taylor, sometimes signing as Michael R Taylor (born 1952), is an English artist specialising in figurative oil paintings, still lifes and portraits. His works are held by many public and private collections including four works by the National Portrait Gallery, London.[1]
He was born in Worthing, Sussex, and attended Worthing College of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73),[2] where among his teachers were Stephen McKenna and Basil Beattie.[3] He moved to Dorset in 1978.[4]