Martin Taylor was born in 1954 and is based in Northamptonshire. He studied at the Ealing School of Art, Wimbledon School of Art and Goldsmith’s College. Martin’s work reflects his love of nature, played out in exquisitely detailed studies of the countryside surrounding his studio, a converted stable on a farm. Every season brings fresh inspiration, and to achieve the precision and focus so characteristic of his work Martin paints en plein air, returning to the same position for weeks at a time even in deepest winter. The combination of intricate detail and careful composition in his work celebrates nature on every scale, from the twigs on the forest floor to the clouds skimming the vast skies. Martin's passion for the English countryside is legendary. He immerses himself in the fields, woods and hedgerows around his studio in Northamptonshire. In this way he can see every detail and reflects in his paintings how the natural world, the seasons and weather effect and alter our countryside. Martin works ‘en plein air’, often using the back of his Land Rover to provide his only shelter - but he would have it no other way. His physical experience in the great outdoors, the wind, rain, mud and frost, are transferred with his brushstrokes onto each canvas and create supremely detailed and masterful landscapes for the modern home. Having previously worked with watercolours and drawings Martin now works predominantly in oils, in pursuit of an even greater freedom of expression and intensity of colour. Every detail he paints, from the daisies in his garden to fresh crisp snow in winter covering a muddy track, reveals his constant source of inspiration in the British countryside. To achieve his highly detailed, naturalistic style Martin totally immerses himself in his subject, painting what he sees in front of him. Martin has won two Royal Watercolour Society awards: the Chris Beetles award in 1988 and the Jeffrey Archer award in 1989, and subsequently exhibited at the Chris Beetles Gallery for a number of years. In 2018 he was a contender for the British Landscape Artist of the Year for Sky Arts. He has had numerous dedicated exhibitions in Northamptonshire and with Gladwell & Patterson in London, and is widely collected in the UK and USA. "I am always moved by the patterns created on the surface of the snowy fields when the sun shines low behind a tree, somehow then the tree becomes part of the landscape in another way." - Martin Taylor "Coming early to the studio one bright but cold morning in October there had been a heavy frost. The fields were transformed as if the legendary Jack Frost had painted the grasses and hedgerows with his brush of ice. The low sun was rising in the sky and I knew as time progressed that the frost would melt but for now I held my breath as I walked around the headland. Crunching underfoot, it was as if the world was in reverse. Dusted white grasses, the trees silhouetted yet caught by the light, colour muted yet there was a warmth as I looked into the distance with a new day dawning. I held my breath as every step revealed new pictures, this was a morning where there were paintings everywhere." – Martin Taylor