I love working with copper. I like to think that I am creating impressions of history etched into each piece. The surface intrigues me, because it is the foundation from which my works are developed. My vision is influenced by various foliages that each season brings forth. Watching what emerges during the process is exciting to me, because the end result is always unique and never the same. The excitement of color, dimension and texture has always been a connecting chord of my work.

Working with an uncooperative substance can be very challenging when balancing the manipulation between the material and atmospheric elements. My process is internal, while the imagery is derived from memories living in the woods on Cape Cod. I find myself returning to the solitude of the forests and wilderness for inspiration. My present environment takes me on a journey through the mountains of La Quinta, CA. I find this landscape an inspirational palette of sculptural forms which I hope to create.

To honour trees is to grasp life.........

"They are constantly occupying my thoughts".....Van Gogh

Biography
Gail Taylor grew up in New England. Though not far from Boston, she lived outside the city in a wooded area where she developed a lifelong love of nature, which has always been at the base of her artistic work. As a teenager she learned from her aunt, who was very creative, and how to make wreaths from natural products found in the woods. However, the greatest influence in her younger years was her mother, who taught her self-reliance and imbued her with a strong work ethic.

As an adult she lived in various parts of the US, finally settling for many years in Diamond Bar, California. There she attended Chaffey College, raised a family and worked at floral design. Also, during this period, she rented one of the stone cottages formerly utilized to house migrant workers at the Fillipi Winery in Guasti and converted it
to her art studio. Here she devoted herself to painting and drew support and inspiration from other painters and sculptors who also had studios at the winery. Some of those artists are still among her closest friends even now.

Then came the unexpected.

One day, a merchant in Guasti gave her a generous supply of surplus copper sheeting. She had learned a little about etching on copper at Chaffey, so she took the copper sheets, bought some acid and other
supplies, and started experimenting. Today, Gail is a well established artist with an extraordinary body of work that combines her love of nature, as expressed in so many of her designs, with a stunning and exciting amalgam of color, texture and composition. She has created a genre of her own.

Gail now maintains a studio in the desert near the Santa Rose Mountains, where the strong sun and the desert colors have added a new dimension - not only to her art itself, but also to the technique and the processes. In the extreme heat of the Coachella Valley her materials behave differently. Fortunately for art-lovers everywhere,
Gail, applies herself daily to her craft, working outside, in temperatures over 100F. Always on the quest for something new and different and even more exciting.

Gail Taylor's prolific works can be found in galleries around the country, in private and corporate collections, estates of private patrons, and in contemporary interiors.

EXHIBITIONS INDIVIDUAL

1999 Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Yarmouth, Ma

1997 AIA, American Institute of Architects, Costa Mesa, Ca

1993 Art Centre Gallery, Yorba Linda, Ca


SELECTED GALLERIES

2008 Corpus Christi Art Connection, Corpus Christi, Tx

2008 Miami Art Group Gallery, Miami, Fl

2008 Rogoway Gallery, Tubac, Az

2008 Jules Place, Boston, Ma

2008 Lanning Gallery, Sedona, Az

2008 “4th” Street Art Gallery, Lampasas, Tx

2008 Milward Farrell Fine Art, Madison, Wi

2007 Chasen Galleries of Fine Art, Richmond, Va., Charlotte, NC

2007 Haven Gallery, Austin, Tx

2007 The American Art Gallery, Snow Hill, Md

2007 Brennen, “The Brennen Collection”, La Jolla,Ca

2006 S. R. Brennen Gallery, Palm Desert, Ca

2006 S. R. Brennen Gallery, Scottsdale, Az

2006 Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach, Fl

2006 Shaw Cramer Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, Ma

2005 Vail Village Arts, Vail, Co

2005 The Vickers Collection, Ketchum, Id

2005 Eclipse Gallery, Bar Harbor, Me

2005 La Mesa Gallery, Santa Fe,NM

2005 The Art Collector, San Diego, Ca

2005 Wood River Gallery, Ketchum, Id

2004 Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, NC

2004 Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Az

2004 Devin Galleries, Coeur d”Alene, Id

2004 L’attitude Gallery, Boston, Ma

2004 Earthenworks Gallery, LaConner, Wa

2003 A Gallery, Palm Desert, Ca

2002 Palm Springs Desert Museum,Juried Members Exhibition

2002 Palm Desert City Hall, CVAC Juried Exhibition

2002 Trios Gallery, Solana Beach, Ca

2002 McCarthy Fine Art,Newport Beach, Ca

2000 Cape Cod Invitational, Hyannis, Ma

2000 Women Creating 2000

The Cahoon Museum of American Art

2000 Selectmans Building, Barnstable, Ma

2000 Marion Art Center, Marion, Ma

2000 Kendall Art Gallery, Wellfleet, Ma

Jan Collins Selman Gallery, Falmouth, Ma

Giving Tree Gallery, Sandwich, Ma

Silver Ribbon Gallery, Pembroke, Ma

1999 Jan Collins Selman Gallery,Falmouth, Ma

Giving Tree Gallery,Sandwich, Ma

Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, Ma

Sola Gallery, Brewster, Ma

Silver Ribbon Gallery, Pembroke, Ma

Kennedy Gallery, West Barnstable, Ma

Cape Cod Art Association (January Open)

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster, Ma

1997 Marie Elias Center For The Arts (MECA), Santa Ana, Ca

1993 Ontario Museum, Ontario, Ca

San Bernardino County Museum

YMCA, Riverside, Ca

DA Gallery, Pomona, Ca

Art Centre Gallery,Yorba Linda, Ca

1992 Muckenthaler Cultural Centre, Fullerton, Ca






SELECTED INVITATIONALS

2004 Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC

2004 del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca

1999 Winstanley-Roark Gallery, Brewster, Ma






COLLECTIONS

Hyatt Regency, Scottsdale, Az

VISA USA, Corporate/Highlands Ranch, Co

St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, Clinton Township, Mi

Ryan Beck Photography, Rancho Cucamonga, Ca

TFC Bank, Littleton, Co

Black Rock Development, Couer d’Alene, Id

Eric L. Hedlund, MAI Architects, Englewood, Co

Cherry Creek Athletic Club, Denver, Co

Shelly Morris, A&M Construction, La Quinta, Ca

Robert Greenbaum, Tikkun Productions, Inc., Rancho Mirage, Ca

Jay & Lori Martinovich, Indian Wells, Ca

William M. Fanning, Spokane, Wa

Rutan & Tucker, Costa Mesa, Ca

C.B. Richard Ellis, New Providence, NJ

Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, Pa

Coachella Valley Symphony, Rancho Mirage, Ca

City Hall, Chula Vista, Ca

Kato Susumu, United Nations, New York, NY

Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Baker and Hostetler LLP, Denver, Co

Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Independent Community Bankers of America, Washington, DC

Northwestern Insurance Company, Franklin, WI

Belfer Realty, Great Neck NY



PUBLICATIONS

Wild Apple Publishers, Woodstock, Vt

The Guild Sourcebook, 1996

Palm Springs Life, 2005

Art World News, 2006