Stephen Taylor Paintings

I came across these paintings by Stephen Taylor on the Guardian website:

Ultra-realist paintings usually appeal to me because the talent required to compose a scene and execute it in paint is only to be admired.  The artist specialised in painting one particular tree in it's different guises over a series of years, and I think the results are wonderful, particularly the final image displayed here entitled 'Swallows at 11am'.

More on Stephen Taylor and his work can be found here.