Colin Taylor (born 1960)

'A Short Walk in the Big Landscape'

Colin Taylor is a very experienced artist and mountaineer, having exhibited his artwork extensively throughout the U.K. & Europe, and undertaken mountaineering expeditions to South America and Asia. His artwork is, undoubtedly, informed by his keen interest and experience of the landscape.

Colin has been working on a re-interpretation of Thomas West's original viewing 'stations' adapted from 'A guide to the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire' published in 1778. West's guide is generally accepted to have been the first tourist guide and in it he describes 21 locations (stations) around the main lakes from whereupon one can 'obtain the most advantageous view of the land'. In April 2007, using a contemporary OS map and a copy of the book, Colin began to visit each 'station' and in response began to produce a series work that is to be shown as a touring exhibition throughout England during 2009.