P. H. Taylor began painting in 1980, today she is devoted to painting colorful, scintillating oil and pastel impressionistic works in both regular size and miniature. She lived in Saudi Arabia for 30 years and many of her colorful works are inspired by the Middle East and her travels. Taylor is currently the Director of Willow Wisp Farm Studios, a small art school in Fairview, North Carolina; specializing in plein-air painting that offers art workshops by nationally known artist/instructors. Her works are currently available at Trillium, Asheville, NC, Impeccable Art in Winston Salem,NC; online at art-exchange.com; and in her studio in Fairview , NC.
Taylor began her study of impressionism in 1991 with Lois Griffel at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, MA, going back many times to study with Griffel and other instructors who taught the traditional technique of the Cape Cod School of Art. She has also studied with a number of other prominent artist/instructors including: Tom Browning, Ann Templeton, Gay Faulkenberry, Bob Rohm, Camille Przewodek, Charles Sovek, Ben Konis, Zoltan Szabo, Robert Johnson and others.
Taylor has received many awards including “Best of Show ,” “Who’s Who in the South,” “Who’s Who in America” and she is a Signature Member of the Western North Carolina Plein-air Painters. The highlight of her career was being asked to participate in a private exhibition for His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah ibn Turki Al Saud in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Her works can be found in the corporate collections of Harbor Enterprises in Syros, Greece and Carver Bible College in Atlanta, GA, the Carolina Mountain Land Conservatory, NC, The Lobster Trap, Asheville, NC, The City of Sparks Nevada; and private collections in the USA, Saudi Arabia, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Canada, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Lebanon, and the Philippines.
|
|
|
|