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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 in
his exhibit, Rivers & Horses at Vista Gallery in Tahoe Vista. 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.
“Rivers and horses are symbols that I relate to my experience
in the western United States. Aspen and cottonwood trees
thrive along streams and rivers, and some rivers run like wild horses down a mountain. I find running horses and running
rivers transcendental, metaphors for power and life, for
harmony and spirit, for freedom and purpose.” Taylor shares.
This series of images relates and appears to be a combination
and continuation of his most previous art exhibits, Whirled
Piece and The Horse Series. Whirled Piece utilized aspen leaf imagery arranged as concepts and metaphors of human
concern. Aspen leaves are saturated textures throughout most
of the Rivers & Horses Exhibit. Taylor’s imagination runs wild with running Appaloosa horses with aspen leaf spots and
pintos ponies with patches that resemble specific lakes.
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.
Running Through The Seasons
A memory tumbles true.
Winds drift and shift through.
Running mustangs that glide the hills,
Trees fall eventually still,
Rivers push on and time rides,
The earthen banks between both sides,
And rills the perpetual will.
The clouds blow color until
The shadows run together and sling
Wild horses on the feathered wing.
by Douglas E. Taylor copy right 2005
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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