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Noah Taylor is best known for his work as an actor, with roles in films
such as Shine, Almost Famous and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
as well as the HBO series Game of Thrones. He is now gaining
increasing recognition for his work as a visual artist.
"Noah Taylor's haunted portraits stare back at us and we can't help but
be touched by their strange, blank beauty." - Nick Cave
Have you had any formal training as an
artist?
I haven't had any formal training outside of some
rudimentary high school art classes. Our art
teacher Peter Fowler was great in that he gave
us free reign to do whatever we wanted resulting
in some pretty crazed teen artwork. My oeuvre at
the time was highly offensive and violent. I wish I
had some record of it. Beyond that I'm self
taught and recognise that my technical abilities
are fairly limited. It's limiting in that there's a
whole range of subjects I'd like to paint but lack
the requisite skills to carry it off. I try to use those