Andy Taylor blog
Andy Taylor’s studio blog – an open door into new paintings, works in progress, exhibition news, plus honest tips on choosing, hanging and living with art at home.
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How to Choose Art for Your Home
I’ve sold paintings in car parks after open studios, at private views where someone stood in front of a canvas for twenty minutes without saying a word, and through my website to people I’ve never met and probably never will. Every single one of those sales started the same way. Not with a price point,…
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From Boardroom to Studio: Why I Walked Away from a Global Marketing Career to Paint
I studied art at university back in 1988. Then advertising came calling, marketing followed, and somewhere in the next 35 years I stopped painting entirely. Not because I stopped loving it. Just because life had other plans. Fast forward to last year and I was CMO of a global business, running a team I was…
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Time for a pause?
For a long time, being busy felt normal. Like many people in senior roles, I got used to being permanently switched on. There was always something to respond to, something to solve, something coming next. Even in the quieter moments, part of me was still on call. When I started Art Haus, I thought I…
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How I See Statement Art Shaping a Space
Art has a way of settling a room — giving it a mood, a pulse, a bit of quiet confidence. That’s always what I’m aiming for when I paint. I want the work to feel like it belongs in a space, not because it matches anything, but because it brings the room to life in…
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How to Commission a Painting (Without Feeling Awkward About It)
Commissioning a painting can feel like a big step — especially if you’ve never done it before. People often worry they need to know exactly what they want, have the “right” language, or be able to describe art like a curator… You don’t. A commission is simply a collaboration: you share the feeling you want…
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How to Choose the Right Size Painting for Your Wall
Knowing how to choose the right size painting for your wall is one of those things that sounds simple but trips up a lot of people. Choosing art you love is one thing. Getting the scale right is something else entirely. 1. Start with the furniture, not the wall Most of the time, a painting…
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Hanging Art with Confidence in a Real Home
Stylish interiors online can make it look like everyone else magically knows how to hang art. Perfect spacing. Perfect height. Perfect everything. Real homes have radiators, awkward walls, sloping ceilings, beams, and that one light switch in exactly the wrong place. The good news? You can still hang art beautifully – and it doesn’t have…
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How to Choose Art That Actually Feels Like You
There is a lot of advice out there about how to choose art for your home that starts with your sofa or your colour palette. Helpful sometimes. Limiting almost always. Art is one of the few things in your home that can hold a memory, a feeling, or a fragment of who you are. So…
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My Painting Process: From Blank Canvas to Finished Piece
Understanding the abstract painting process on acrylic canvas is something people often ask me about — whether I see the finished image in my head before I start or just begin making marks. The truth is somewhere in between. Here is a glimpse into how a piece usually unfolds. 1. Preparing the surface I start…
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Prints vs Originals: What’s the Difference and Which Is Right for You?
I’m often asked whether it’s “worth” buying an original when prints are available. The answer depends on what you’re looking for, your budget and how you plan to live with the work. What makes an original special? An original painting is a one-of-a-kind object. It carries the actual brushmarks, textures and small decisions that happened…
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The Story Behind My Atmospheric Skies Series
So many of my paintings begin with looking up. I’ve always been drawn to shifting skies – the way colour pours through cloud, the way weather rolls in over land and sea, and that moment just before everything changes. Where the idea began The Atmospheric Skies & Light pieces grew out of walks along the…
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How to Choose the Right Painting for Your Space
Introduction Choosing art for your home should feel exciting, not intimidating. A painting isn’t just decoration – it changes how a room feels, how you move through it, and what you notice every day. Here are a few simple ways to choose a piece that really belongs in your space. Start with the feeling, not…
