"Simon Taylor’s photoreal paintings transcend not only photography but painting itself. ."
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Simon Taylor graduated in 1994 in Fine Art painting from Manchester Metropolitan University and since then has exhibited nationally and internationally. He has completed a number of solo exhibitions in galleries in London, Manchester, Southport and Huddersfield and group exhibitions througout the UK and in Dublin, Milan, Brussels, Utrecht, Zurich and the USA.
His paintings are collected internationally and he has works in public and private collections after winning prestigious awards, The Sefton Open Art Prize in 2006, the Winsor & Newton Painting Award at the Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Exhibition in 2023 and being shortlisted for The Contemporary British Painting Prize in 2024.
The finished works are painted using acrylic and oil paint onto various surfaces including canvas, wood panels and aluminium.