Reaching for the Rose of Life
2017
John W. Taylor
New Orleans, Louisiana
Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.
About John W. Taylor
John Wilfred Taylor is an artist based in New Orleans. Taylor’s creative work is inspired by the natural environment, in particular the plants and animals of the wetlands, where he spent most of his time as a child and continues to study and photograph. He carves and paints found wood and also photographs the environments where he finds his materials. Taylor has exhibited his work at Antenna Gallery (2017), National Wildlife Federation (2015), and Global Green (2012), and given talks at A Studio in the Woods, the Sanctuary Arts Center, New York University Bayou Talk, National Wildlife Federation, Lake Pontchartrain Foundation, among other venues.
Program Participation
Joan Mitchell Center Residency, 2018
The materials that I use, mostly driftwood, come from the swamps and wetlands that I walk through every day. Driftwood often has its own unique form that has been shaped by the water, so I help the wood express itself and let the beauty that is already there present itself… I am somewhat of an environmentalist, and I hope that if people see beauty in my art, which is derived from the natural environment, that they will find beauty not only in my art but in the place from which it comes.”
