mnartists.org: JK Taylor

Complement

JK Taylor — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:41:54 GMT

12x16 acrylic on flat canvas. Two horses forming a red and yellow complement. All three colors remind me the apples horses love to eat. Mostly a a color study. I used a wet on wet wash technique. Print available: http://www.deviantart.com/print/1971356/ Comments can be made here: http://griffinlady.deviantart.com/art/Complement-68094912

Steel

JK Taylor — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:08:55 GMT

A Steel horse Acrylic on Canvas 12x16 This piece was all about precision. I spent a lot of time on it. Large striking, black, gray and silver curves for an industrial sort of art deco effect. [B]Original work and prints available here[a href="http://griffinlady.deviantart.com/art/Steel-67599562"]http://griffinlady.deviantart.com/art/Steel-67599562[/a][/B]

Tri-wind

JK Taylor — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:06:11 GMT

Tri-wind, three horses in flight. 18x24 Original Acrylic on Canvas Board. Original work and prints available here: http://griffinlady.deviantart.com/art/Tri-wind-66457467

Golden Girl

JK Taylor — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 04:01:45 GMT

Golden Girl is the first of what I'm hoping will be several attempts of integrating digital elements and tools to some of my photographic work. Though I am primarily a painter, an entire artistic world opened up to me when I invested in a digital camera and a decent editing program. The model in this photo is of my niece, age 5. She has absolutely beautiful facial features and expressions. I will be using some of the resultant images as facial studies for later work.

Mercy Sleeping

JK Taylor — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:17:24 GMT

Original 12x12 acrylic on canvas. A very serene image of a sleeping woman. She reminds me of several archetypes: the goddess of mercy Kwan Yin, Kali, Saraswathi and in a folkloric sense the snow queen. My goal was to express a sense of calm serenity through this piece. The print for this piece is available for purchase here: http://www.deviantart.com/print/265461/ or click on the links below.

An Equidistant Sun

JK Taylor — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:31:44 GMT

11x14 acrylic on canvas. Something of a self portrait, I was trying to capture that feeling in Kendo (Japanese Sword Fighting/Martial Arts) after practice, a place of meditation, where all thoughts seem to come toward a sun or poignant thought, even a sense of calm clarity. While the work is acrylic on canvas board, I used some contrast and other enhancements via Paintshop Pro to garners some effects.

Apaloosa Night

JK Taylor — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:14:46 GMT

Originally a 9 x 11 acrylic on watercolor paper painting, then filtered and manipulated through Paint ShopPro. An Apaloosa horse landing from a jump. This is another of my fusion pieces where I create a painting, photograph it, and then play around with Paintshop Pro effects to see what effects I can get. I used several filters in combination, and this one looks nothing like the original. I was really pleased with the mosaic/foil effect of the filters in combination.

Nike - Victory

JK Taylor — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:09:35 GMT

Acrylic on Canvas 9 x 12. A rendition of the goddess nike (otherwise known as victory) emerging from the petals of a blue and gold striped iris. I was going for a sky like quality, focusing on the blossoms forming around the figure.

She is a Phoenix

JK Taylor — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:03:31 GMT

This is a painting done on flat canvas inspired and for a friend of mine, who's much like a sister to me. She is a phoenix in so many ways, and is the subtle light in an often very damning darkness sometimes.

Moon Gazer

JK Taylor — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:59:47 GMT

11 x 9 Acrylic on Watercolor paper. A depiction of the moon goddess. The crescent is in the form of the waning moon and connotes the crone aspect.

Mediterranean - The Shoreline

JK Taylor — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:54:40 GMT

Acrylic on watercolor paper. Picture of an image that got stuck in my head reminescent of the soft toned hues I saw from the Meditterranean Sea. The green and blue colors were very soothing to see.

Night Mare 2

JK Taylor — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:49:03 GMT

11 x 9.5 Acrylic on watercolor paper. This is something of a blend of several mares I've known through out the midwest, all of them beautiful in their own way.

Iris

JK Taylor — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:45:24 GMT

11x14 acrylic on canvas board. Representation of the form of an iris or a flower in bloom. Inspired by Georgia O'Keefe's work.

Dream A Pink Pony

JK Taylor — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:33:18 GMT

11x14 Acrylic on Canvas Board. Every girls little dream is to have a pony, and if it's pink it's even better. I wanted the suggestion of the horse to be a little bit hazy, a little bit colorful and dreamlike to capture that idea. This painting original has been sold, but there are prints of it available here> http://www.deviantart.com/print/217980/

Red Warning

JK Taylor — Sun, 15 May 2005 04:57:28 GMT

10x12 acrylic on watercolor paper. I tried to capture a sense of startled warning in this piece, somewhat like a red dawn.