Artist
David Taylor

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Update March 2008 - David was spotted back in Alora where he is working on new paintings. Pictures soon?
Shortly after our first article about David Taylor was published he came to visit us at our home in Alora and over a glass or two of very smooth 10-year-old single malt whisky, distilled not far from his hometown in Scotland, he outlined his plans for the next six months, having decided to go back to work in his studio in Glasgow.
Sad as it will be to lose David for a while from the Alora scene, his sudden announcement also came with some exciting news.
“I want you to see the latest paintings I have done,” he said, “before I leave. I’ve had some very positive responses from people and I’m very happy with them myself.”
The next day in David’s studio he explained to me that on this occasion he had used a new technique, with some rather unusual materials.
“I was walking along the road one night,” he said, “and I passed a telephone booth which had one of its windows broken in. And idea suddenly came to me and I went back, picked up a piece of the glass and scurried away with it under my arm.” His eyes twinkled and he laughed. “I have no idea what people might have thought I was up to had I been spotted, but fortunately there was no one about. Back in my studio the idea kept developing and I painted onto the glass with a roller, then turned it over and pressed it onto paper. I must say I am very pleased with the outcome.”
For one of the paintings David had used heavy duty brown paper which is used in some countries in off-licences to wrap bottles of wine. “I ironed it first,” he said, “to get rid of the wrinkles and I think that it is very good paper for painting.”
Picking up another painting of a man in a seated position, he said: “Now this one here is an entirely different thing.” He held it up against a wall, high above his head. “I would like this always to be displayed high like this, because that is the way I first saw it in my mind. I was standing next to a telephone booth (not the one he had pillaged earlier!) and I looked up at one of the buildings where I saw a man through a window watching television. It was the blue haze all around him from the light in the screen that caught my eye.”
And without doubt, wherever David goes in the world, there will be much more that catches his artistic eye.

Poco después el artículo sobre David estaba publicado vino visitarnos en nuestro hogar en Alora y mientras tomando un vaso o dos de whisky de la malta, destilado no lejos de su ciudad natal en Escocia, nos dijo sus planes para los seis meses próximos, decidiendo ir de nuevo a trabajo en su estudio en Glasgow.
Triste como será perder David por un rato de la escena de Alora, su aviso repentino también vino con unas ciertas noticias emocionantes.
"Quisiera que vieras las pinturas más últimas que he hecho," dijo, "antes de que me vaya. He tenido algunas respuestas muy positivas de la gente y soy muy feliz con ellas."
En el estudio el día siguiente me explicó David que en esta ocasión él había utilizado una nueva técnica, con algunos materiales algo inusuales.
"Caminaba a lo largo del camino una noche," dijo, "y pasé una cabina de teléfono que tenía una de sus ventanas rotas. Y una idea vino repentinamente a mí y fui detrás, tomé un pedazo del cristal y me escabullé con él debajo de mi brazo." Sus ojos centellearon y él rió. "No tengo ninguna idea lo qué la gente pudieron haber pensado si me habían visto, pero había afortunadamente nadie alrededor. En mi estudio la idea mantuvo desallorar y pinté sobre el cristal con un rodillo, después lo di la vuelta y lo presioné sobre el papel. Debo decir que estoy muy contento con el resultado."
Para una de las pinturas David había utilizado el papel marrón resistente que se utiliza en algunos países en tiendas para envolver las botellas de vino y de alcoholes. "Lo planché primero," dijo, "para conseguir librado de las arrugas y pienso que es papel muy bueno para la pintura."
Escogiendo otra pintura de un hombre en una posición asentada, él dijo: "Pues éste aquí es una cosa enteramente diversa.” La sostuvo muy alto contra una pared. Estaba parado al lado de una cabina de teléfono (no la que él había pillado anterior!) y miraba para arriba a uno de los edificios donde le vi a un hombre a través de una ventana que miraba la television. Era la calina azul todo alrededor de él de la luz en la pantalla que cogió mi ojo."
Y sin duda, dondequiera que David entre en el mundo, habrá mucho más que coge su ojo artístico.
Para más información puedes email David: dtaylor790@btinternet.com

August 2006
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