What if one of Al Taylor’s drawings turned into a talisman? A Modernist grid that got knocked out of true by my own elbow. Some blotting paper – traces of 153 sad letters. An image of a drawing that may or may not show the storied Forest of Brocéliande. I failed to reach Proust’s bedroom but found a portrait of Madeleine de l’Aubespine instead. Proof that painting lines in the spontaneous style takes many attempts. Nothing out of the stores without a docket, even in ancient Greece: ‘One pair of wheels, bound with bronze, unfit for service’. An improvised picture, possibly reminiscent of Malevich. Daisies in the dark. Fur-effect cardboard. A melancholy bird.
'White Lines', oil on panel, 25.5cm x 20.5cm
'Fur-Effect Box', oil on panel, 25.4cm x 20.3cm
'Tree with Cut-Out Moon', oil on panel, 25.2cm x 18.1cm
'Computer-Generated Island', oil on panel, 18cm x 12cm
'After Al Taylor', oil on panel, 30.2cm x 23.2cm
'Improvised Picture', oil on panel, 20.5cm x 20cm
'Val sans retour', oil on panel, 23cm x 18cm
'Blotting Paper', oil on panel, 25.5cm x 20.5cm
'Wire Grid', oil on panel, 25.7cm x 28cm
'Cave', oil on panel, 16.2cm x 12.2cm
'Bird', oil on panel, 20cm x 15cm
'Portrait', oil on panel, 15.2cm x 12.8cm
'Punch Cards', oil on panel, 20.5cm x 20cm
'Headlights', oil on panel, 15.2cm x 12.8cm
'Linear B', oil on panel, 16cm x 12cm
'Galaxy - dust and smoke', oil on panel, 16cm x 12cm