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Earlier in 2007, artist, Douglas E. Taylor completed a four by five foot commission piece for a private home, titled “Season of the Now” (aspen grove theme III). It is a mixed-media on canvas which is a combination of acrylic painting and a collage of various types of printmaking fragments the artist produces and also subtle collage layers of Oriental rice papers. It was “inspired” by Somewhere Where. 
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Taylor’s mixed-media art is created on canvas with many layers of collage, made from fragments of many types and processes of printmaking and Oriental rice papers, combined with many layers and glazes of acrylic painting, including the use of iridescent and iridescent interference colors that shift and change with various lighting qualities. Seeing an original is a special experience. Taylor is presently working on an even larger commission of an aspen grove, five by six feet.
Imagine watching shapes and colors change in the moving sky, water waving reflections, leafs flickering in the breeze. That is what contemporary artist Douglas E. Taylor tries to suggest with his “mixed-media artwork. He does this through his layers of imagery and texture, his use of iridescent interference acrylic painting and his choice of subject matter. Taylor’s art inspires wonder with colors that shift and change, creating a sense of animation as witnessed in the magic of nature.
Each of his images or series has poetry that accompanies the image. It is his intention that his poetry contributes to the imagery on another level. Maybe like watching horses run compared to riding one. It is a different experience. These new artworks are his most layered and involved, as printmaking and as mixed-media pieces, and maybe as poetry.
Taylor has developed his mixed-process printmaking since 1987. The innovative combinations of as many as eight different printmaking processes creates a rich visual experience and has been recognized with his inclusion in innovative international and national exhibits concerning contemporary art and printmaking. He has lived at Lake Tahoe’s north shore since 1990.
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