Featured artist
Mary Taylor
USA
Specialty Categories
Sculpture, Metal Art
The Panther, stainless steel, painted, clear-coat, 34”x64”x27”
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The Filly, stainless steel, painted, clear-coat, 65”x58”x15”
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Burrowing Owl V, mild steel, painted, 23”x14”x10"
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Artist Statement/Bio
I weld nature’s creatures in mild and stainless steel to enhance our connection to and our understanding of the grand forces of nature and the movement and growth so inherent for our imaginations to flourish and reach out towards our dreams.
Over the last 40 years, I have constructed interior and exterior sculptures of wildlife.
Employing steel rods, I render unique and intricate patterns of realistic animation with a strength of spirit and an intensity of aliveness. My sculpture is an announcement, a reminder and a heralding of our natural heritage.
This is a poignant, crucial time in the light of extinction. There are basic philosophical questions encompassing the juncture of life and death, beauty and harmony of not only our endangered species but also of own fragile ourselves.
Public Works:
“Hawks and Trees”, the Penskes, Nantucket, MA 2017
“The Horse”, Private residence, Ocala, FL 2015
"Whooping Crane", Bausch & Lomb , Rochester, New York, 2013
"American Bald Eagle", Veteran's Memorial Park, Rochester, New York, 2012
"The Filly", Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, 2011
"Fawn II", White Haven Memorial Park, Rochester, NY, 2007
"Raccoon II", White Haven Memorial Park, Rochester, NY, 2007
"Trumpeter Swan", Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ, 2002
Commissions:
2018 “Cardinal in Command”, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
2017 “Yellow-Crowned Night Heron”, Taylors, Bainbridge Island, Washington
“Hawks in Trees”, Penskes, Nantucket, MA
2016 “Squirrel III”, State University at Brockport, Brockport, NY
2014 “Steelhead Trout”, Stiles, Rochester, NY
“Burrowing Owl”, Gruens, NJ
Awards:
2017 Juror’s Award, “Bobcat”, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2015 Grand Prize, “The Panther”, American Women Artists
2013 3rd Prize, "Excalibur, The Stag", Laumeister Fine Arts Exhibition, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
Solo Exhibitions:
2013 Arts Council of Greater Rochester, Rochester, NY
2010 Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY
2009 Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA
Group Exhibitions:
2017 “National Open Juried Show”, Connecticut Women Artists, Rocky Hill, CT
“21st Annual National Lines into Shapes Competition”, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO
“Wild in the Country, Genesee Country Village & Museum, Mumford, NY
2013 "Reigning Cats & Dogs", Wayne Art Center, Wayne, , PA
"Laumeister Fine Arts Exhibition", Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
"Artists for Conservation 6th Annual Exhibition", Grouse Mountain Resort, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Education:
2018 “Drawing”, Brian O’Neill Studios, Rochester, NY
2017 “Watercolor Painting”, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
“Drawing” Brian O’Neill Studios, Rochester, NY
2016 “Drawing”, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
“Expressive Drawing”, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Affiliations:
Pen & Brush Inc., New York, NY
National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
Society of Animal Artists, New York, NY
International Sculpture Center, Washington, DC
Artists for Conservation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I weld nature’s creatures in mild and stainless steel to enhance our connection to and our understanding of the grand forces of nature and the movement and growth so inherent for our imaginations to flourish and reach out towards our dreams.
Over the last 40 years, I have constructed interior and exterior sculptures of wildlife.
Employing steel rods, I render unique and intricate patterns of realistic animation with a strength of spirit and an intensity of aliveness. My sculpture is an announcement, a reminder and a heralding of our natural heritage.
This is a poignant, crucial time in the light of extinction. There are basic philosophical questions encompassing the juncture of life and death, beauty and harmony of not only our endangered species but also of own fragile ourselves.
Public Works:
“Hawks and Trees”, the Penskes, Nantucket, MA 2017
“The Horse”, Private residence, Ocala, FL 2015
"Whooping Crane", Bausch & Lomb , Rochester, New York, 2013
"American Bald Eagle", Veteran's Memorial Park, Rochester, New York, 2012
"The Filly", Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, 2011
"Fawn II", White Haven Memorial Park, Rochester, NY, 2007
"Raccoon II", White Haven Memorial Park, Rochester, NY, 2007
"Trumpeter Swan", Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ, 2002
Commissions:
2018 “Cardinal in Command”, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
2017 “Yellow-Crowned Night Heron”, Taylors, Bainbridge Island, Washington
“Hawks in Trees”, Penskes, Nantucket, MA
2016 “Squirrel III”, State University at Brockport, Brockport, NY
2014 “Steelhead Trout”, Stiles, Rochester, NY
“Burrowing Owl”, Gruens, NJ
Awards:
2017 Juror’s Award, “Bobcat”, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2015 Grand Prize, “The Panther”, American Women Artists
2013 3rd Prize, "Excalibur, The Stag", Laumeister Fine Arts Exhibition, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
Solo Exhibitions:
2013 Arts Council of Greater Rochester, Rochester, NY
2010 Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY
2009 Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA
Group Exhibitions:
2017 “National Open Juried Show”, Connecticut Women Artists, Rocky Hill, CT
“21st Annual National Lines into Shapes Competition”, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO
“Wild in the Country, Genesee Country Village & Museum, Mumford, NY
2013 "Reigning Cats & Dogs", Wayne Art Center, Wayne, , PA
"Laumeister Fine Arts Exhibition", Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
"Artists for Conservation 6th Annual Exhibition", Grouse Mountain Resort, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Education:
2018 “Drawing”, Brian O’Neill Studios, Rochester, NY
2017 “Watercolor Painting”, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
“Drawing” Brian O’Neill Studios, Rochester, NY
2016 “Drawing”, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
“Expressive Drawing”, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Affiliations:
Pen & Brush Inc., New York, NY
National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
Society of Animal Artists, New York, NY
International Sculpture Center, Washington, DC
Artists for Conservation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gallery Representation
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
ArtBlend, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Mill Art Center & Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY
San Bernandino County Museum, Redlands, CA
Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ
Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ
ArtBlend, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Mill Art Center & Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY
San Bernandino County Museum, Redlands, CA
Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ
Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ
