Max Naylor’s Ethereal Landscapes in Ink and Oil Paint Defy Nature’s Guidelines — Colossal



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“Narcissus” (2023), ink on paper, 51 x 66 centimeters. All photos © Max Naylor, shared with permission

Working in vivid washes of ink and oil paint, artist Max Naylor renders impressionistic dreamscapes that emerge from nostalgic recollections and imagined areas. Specializing in pure textures like gilled mushrooms scaling a tree trunk  or the gentle ripples of water, Naylor creates what he calls a “parallel universe, a microcosm that’s just like our world however free from the shackles of actuality.” The scenes typically veer towards the unnatural, favoring otherworldly coloration palettes and unlikely lighting. “In these areas, it may be night time and day concurrently,” he says. “You possibly can stare up on the sky while noticing the vegetation flowering at your ft.”

The ethereal qualities of Naylor’s works echo his course of, which entails letting the fluid supplies dictate the contours of the compositions and permitting the landscapes to “properly up from my unconscious and spill onto the floor…The works in ink are made rapidly. On the similar time, I’m engaged on bigger oil work that take for much longer. Working at these totally different tempos retains issues recent and thrilling for me, with the works in ink frequently informing the works in oil.”

Primarily based in Bristol, Naylor has a studio at Spike Island and presently teaches at London’s Royal Drawing School. You will discover extra of his landscapes on Instagram.

“Inexperienced Goddess” (2023), ink on paper, 51 x 66 centimeters

“Satan’s Cauldron” (2023), oil on linen, 115 x 105 centimeters

“Mountainside” (2022), ink on paper, 51 x 66 centimeters

“Phosphorescence” (2022), ink on paper, 51 x 66 centimeters

“Catkins and Crocuses” (2023), ink on paper, 51 x 66 centimeters

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#landscapes
#Max Naylor
#oil portray
#portray

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