Sue Lydia Taylor
Sue derives the most inspiration from certain modernist painters such as Cezanne, Matthew Smith and Vanessa Bell, and more recently Marlene Dumas.
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About this Collection
Sue would describe herself as a painter in oils. She is also a past winner of the Northampton Town and County Exhibition in 2000 and the Wellingborough Open Art Competition in 2004 and exhibits locally.
Following her retirement from the Health Visiting profession in 2012, she attended Hampstead School of Art in London to study portrait painting, followed by completing a second Masters degree in Fine Art at Northampton University, graduating in 2015 and basing her dissertation on the concept of women's self-portraiture. Her first Masters degree was in modern literature and completed in 2001.
She feels that combining the themes of literature and the visual arts has given her a unique insight into her preferred subject matter of figurative painting, trying to keep her painting style loose and her brush strokes visible. This does not preclude a genuine interest in painting still life subjects and experimenting with the form.
Following her retirement from the Health Visiting profession in 2012, she attended Hampstead School of Art in London to study portrait painting, followed by completing a second Masters degree in Fine Art at Northampton University, graduating in 2015 and basing her dissertation on the concept of women's self-portraiture. Her first Masters degree was in modern literature and completed in 2001.
She feels that combining the themes of literature and the visual arts has given her a unique insight into her preferred subject matter of figurative painting, trying to keep her painting style loose and her brush strokes visible. This does not preclude a genuine interest in painting still life subjects and experimenting with the form.