Robert Taylor 's Biography

Robert Taylor’s paintings fuse realism and symbolism, uniting images and symbols from his mixed blood heritage which includes Crow, Blackfeet, Osage, Cherokee, Dutch and Scottish. The icons of diverse religions, varied Indian tribal symbols of North and South America, and metamorphic representations found in Taylor’s paintings exemplify the artist’s belief that we all belong to one universal tribe.

Taylor is a self- taught artist who is a man with a message and it is the message, often allegorical, which is most important. A stylized, expressive technique of exaggerated form and figure is characteristic of Taylor’s paintings. Each object in each painting has a specific meaning and Taylor is happy to provide a written explanation of his paintings’ themes, whether universal or inspired by a traditional story from his heritage.

A frequent theme within his paintings is the belief that death is inseparable from life, and the portrayal of a dissolving figure signifies that the person is becoming a part of his environment through prayer and ritual as his physical body becomes irrelevant.

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