Will Taylor (born 1963) is an artist and printmaker based near Rye on the Kent-Sussex south coast. He has been a professional artist since 2001. His work includes intaglio printmaking, oil painting and charcoal drawings. Animals and the natural world continue to figure prominently in his work and this has evolved to include places and scenes both local and around the world. All are linked by a printmaker’s view of the world. The prints have a traditional feel: they are typically copper plate, hardground etchings using only line and cross-hatch in monotone to create a range of tones.
He is a member of of the Royal Society of British Artists, the Society of Graphic Fine Art and the Rye Society of Artists. His work is in galleries in Kent and East Sussex, as well as in London at the Mall Galleries, Bankside Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and the RA Summer Exhibition.
In 2019 he was the Artist-in-Residence for the Rye Art Gallery Trust.
Publications
“What’s the Story – Artists talking about original printmaking”
(Circaidy Gregory Press 2012)
“The Artful Hare” (Mascot Media 2015)
Awards
Society of Graphic Fine Art, Theme Award 2007, 2009
Society of Graphic Fine Art, Print Award 2013, 2014
Pure Arts Group, Print Award 2014, 2017, 2018
Royal Society of British Artists, The Geoffrey Vivis Memorial Award 2020
Royal Society of British Artists, The Stuart Southall Print Prize 2021
Collections
Victoria & Albert Museum
University of San Diego Print Collection
Interview
An interview with Sophie Skelton from ‘Behind the Artist’: