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Paul Taggart

Artist, Author, Presenter, Producer

Oils : Watercolours : Pastels : Acrylics : Drawings

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www.elphen.com

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Tuition and Guidance for the Artist in Everyone

VIDEO-ON-DEMAND PAINTING, DRAWING & COLOUR MIXING TUTORIALS available via Paul Taggart's official accounts:- STREAM on Patreon - www.patreon.com/artworkshopwithpaul

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'Paul Taggart's Elphen Chronicles'

Lift the lid on ‘‘Paul Taggart’s Elphen Chronicles’ Treasure Chest, a magical trove filling with myriad gems of all things Elphen - bearing riches in art, music, writings and creative crafts. Science fantasy folklore - illustrated books, stories and music available via 'Paul Taggart's Elphen Chronicles' official accounts:-

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PAUL TAGGART

Scottish Highlands-based professional Fine Artist & Author, Paul Taggart has a passion for painting - his life’s work - with more than forty years as a practising Professional Fine Artist to his name. Having regularly exhibited in commercial and public galleries in his earlier years, he turned to private sales some thirty years ago and enjoys a dedicated following.For his principal selling collection, mainly comprising paintings in oil; Taggart specialises in traditional techniques that exploit a range of processes. For his various Masterworks collections, Paul Taggart has traditionally worked on dedicated projects that focus on his signature feature – the importance of light and its influence within a composition. His work covers a wide variety of genre, including landscapes, figurative pieces, conversation works and most especially, ‘living studies’.

“Whilst I have developed my own method of working, the ‘craft’ of my painting owes everything to a repertoire of processes rooted in an established heritage of traditional methods. Without the specialist knowledge passed down from artists through the centuries, it would not be possible for me to work in the style that I have carefully nurtured and developed over my professional life as an artist.

It is a method that requires an unhurried approach, with each oil painting built layer upon layer, to capture the very heart of the subject. I use a complex range of bold and subtle heritage techniques to create depth, in order to produce a seemingly three-dimensional space filled with light, space, mood and movement.

There is nothing to surpass the sheer richness of oil painting - a medium that can be opaque or transparent; thick or thin in its application; where the surface of the painting, being physical, affects light falling on it. The use of traditional techniques such as glazing and tinting, enriches and enhances the surface quality of the paint and I use these traditional techniques extensively to achieve the quality I seek.

My goal - to capture the very essence of a moment in time – one that will evoke a memory, or an emotional reaction.”

ART WORKSHOP WITH PAUL

Paul's enthusiasm for painting is reflected in his popularity as a tutor. Having developed a step-by-step method, through fully narrated demonstrations, these were translated into the published word in the form of unique 'artstrips©' the basis of Paul's fourteen books and published tutorials on the subject of learning to paint.

NOW HIS PASSION IS SHARING WITH A WORLD-WIDE AUDIENCE, THROUGH AN EVER-GROWING COLLECTION OF ON-LINE Painting & Drawing Tutorials.

'Paul Taggart's Elphen Chronicles'

Wholly conceived, created, illustrated and written by Artist & Author Paul Taggart – Books 1 & 2.

"Next time you look up into the royal blue of an evening sky and spy a falling star, think of the Elphen. Somewhere, not so far away, they are gathering their numbers to follow that star until it reaches the earth. There hidden in the undergrowth they will find their treasure, an Elphen Egg, which has traversed the Starfields themselves to reach its destination. If only you believe you may see them on their journey home, carrying their egg between them. Tiny specks against the night sky, only visible when they cross a bright star, or the face of a full moon." Paul Taggart