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BIOGRAPHY

Gayle Taylor is native of Alberta, Canada, born in Fort McMurray and growing up in Calgary. She now resides in the city of Edmonton, Alberta. A self-created artist, Gayle has started her vision to become an artist at an early age and today is striving to create more unique and personalized art working mainly in acrylics, colored pencil, pencil and pyrography. She is also a member of the Visual Arts of Alberta Association and ArtWanted.com as well has taken a course, Making Art Your Business, at the University of Calgary.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Horses were the start of my artisitic passion, drawing them from about the age of five, like most other children, but I continued as I got older, and the passion spread from horses, to wildlife, to motorcycles and more. I first discovered the wildlife art of Glenn Loates on the packages of instant cereal that my mother bought for me as a child and this only fueled my drive to creat what I saw or imagined. Later, it was Randy Fher that caught my eye, with his spectacular details throughout his renditions. Robert Bateman also continues to inspire me to show the world my creative side and my love for all things wild. Thus continuing in my later years the love of the motorcycle and the people who ride them, not to mention the art of David Mann. The motorcycles are a fascination all their own, combining power, beauty and the love of the outdoors. I love nature, the complexity of it, the simplicity.

The complete awe of Mother Nature and how she works never seems to exhaust my creative spirit, there is always more art to bring into existence!

Recent Clients Harley Owners Group, Orange County NY Private Buyers from Canada Private Buyers from U.S. Carrot Creek Outfitters CribbageWorks.com The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce City of Spruce Grove Sturgeon School Division

Permanent Murals

Lilian Schick School Library Bon Accord AB CANADA 780-921-2200

Bon Accord Community School Library Bon Accord AB CONANDA 780-921-3559

Gypsy's Art Studio (Home/Studio) 10547 128 Ave Edmonton AB CANADA T5E 0J2 780-299-4984

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Visual Arts Alberta Gallry 3rd. Flr. 10215 112 Street Edmonton AB T5K 1M7 780-421-1731

APW Gallery 48-18 Van Dam Street Long Island City NY 11101 USA

2008-Art In The Wild Edmonton Valley Zoo 13315 Buena Vista Road Edmonton AB 780-496-6924

2007 - Free For All Art Gallery of Alberta 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square Edmonton AB CANADA 780-422-6223

Little Church Gallery Kinsmen Arts Center Open Art Competition 2006 455 King Street Spruce Grove AB CANADA 780-962-0664

2005, 2006 & 2008- Camrose Artwalk Camrose Arts Society 4809 52 Street Camrose AB CANADA 780-672-9949

Edmonton 2000 Harcourt House Arts Centre 10211 &10215 112 Street Edmonton AB CANADA 780-426-4180

Aluara Galllery 144 Grandin Park Plaza St. Albert AB CANADA 780-460-4310

Profiles Public Art Gallery 19 Perron Street St. Albert AB CANADA

Special Requests/Wild Rose Gallery/Red Brick Arts Centre All of Edson AB CANADA

AWARDS

2008 3rd Place Winner Underwater Sea Life Artwanted.com

2006 1st Place Winner One Year Subscription to AW Airbrush Contest Artwanted.com

Publications

2005/2006/2007/2008/2009 Published in the Artwanted.com Calendars

Glory Days CPFA 2007 Concerned Parents for Aids Research Fundraiser

2005 Published in the Artwanted.com Creative Minds

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