Andy Taylor

I paint the space between storm and calm. My work explores a journey most of us know intimately - from anxiety to stillness, from chaos to peace, from despair to hope. I find that journey in landscape. In the way clouds break and light floods through. In the moment a turbulent sea finds its quiet. In the colour that appears when darkness lifts.
Working in acrylics on canvas from my studio in Nottingham, I build each painting through an intuitive process of layering, erasure and response. Every piece begins in chaos and finds its way through to something luminous and still.
My work is inspired by the British coast, moorland and sky - particularly the dramatic light of the North Yorkshire coast and the ancient landscapes of the Derbyshire Peak District.

Nottingham University

Works on loan to Nottingham Trent University art collection.
Open Studios, Nottingham 2026.
Limited to Art Gallery - Retford, Nottinghamshire