This vibrant painting features a vintage beige car against a darkened background, with twinkling stars that add a dreamlike quality. The car's bold red rims and accents create a striking contrast, while the slightly distorted perspective gives the image a surreal, almost cinematic feel. The artist's attention to detail in the car's design and the textural quality of the paint suggest a skilled handling of the medium. This work appears to explore the nostalgic allure of classic automobiles, perhaps commenting on the evolving relationship between humanity and technology. ...
Taylor Simmons' practice incorporates painting, printmaking and drawing to create predominantly figurative works that centre on the emotional and physical essence of the contemporary lives he depicts. His process stems from his archive of compulsively collated imagery, which merge and manifest in his canvases through loose lines, gestural marks, fluorescent washes and erasure –– scraping the paint away to reveal abstract details. By gathering and layering fragments of what is around him, his work creates a reflection of who he is and what he sees: a face, a pose, a moment, weaving them together as a means to question why they meant something in the first place. ...
