“Welcome to this Gallery, featuring a never-to-be-repeated collection of on-the-spot paintings, in which I recorded a series of traditional music sessions over a 12-month period, from 2009 to 2010.

 

What is it that makes this collection utterly unique?

Quite simply, the unpredictability of the ‘events’ – for as with all ‘open’ sessions, there is no way of knowing how many will attend, what instruments they will be playing and for how long the session will last (they can go on for hours!).

 

I tend to work in Collections; collections that 'tell a story', in pictures - which you will find as you browse through my main Original Masterworks and Limited-Edition Prints galleries. Traditional techniques form the bedrock of my painting method and working with oils for my Collectors Masterworks allows me to create rich and exciting works of art – seemingly three-dimensional spaces filled with light, space, mood and movement. My goal - to capture the very essence of a moment in time – one that will evoke a memory, or an emotional reaction.

 

Apart from these Masterworks produced in my studio, I also enjoy the art of story-telling through on-the-spot paintings, as depicted in this unique collection.

 

What is it that makes this collection so memorable?

Quite simply, the fact that every on-the-spot painting captures a session that is unique to that day – the character of every session being unique in-of-itself. Unique in the tunes that are played, how they are interpreted, how they flow through from one to another – everything is driven by the various musicians that are in attendance, the instruments they are playing; whether they are familiar with the tunes, or following the tunes for the first time. Traditional sessions are not pre-determined; there is no list of tunes, no running order, no determining who can, or cannot join in, no judgement of capability.

 

What is it that makes each artwork in this collection unique?

Quite simply, the fact that most of those musicians depicted in each artwork has signed the finished painting alongside their position within the composition – thus sharing their contribution to the day’s event in the most personal of ways.

 

What is it that makes the sale of this collection utterly unique?

Quite simply, the fact that the artworks have not been offered for sale since the days they were painted on-the-spot, back in 2009 and 2010.  

 

It is in my very soul to create works of art, I have a passion for doing so, which has been my life’s work. In my early, formative years, works were placed in galleries - now my original Masterworks paintings are only available privately, directly from our studio – so it is with this collection.

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​Browse through my Masterworks Originals Gallery and Limited-Edition Prints Gallery and you will discover other music-inspired artworks.”

 

Paul Taggart