Barbara Taylor
					New Zealand artist
	Painting gives me a wonderful opportunity to express my lifelong passion for colour, and to explore my fascination with complexity and detail. Extensive life drawing and painting, including at the Slade School of Fine Art, underpinned both my training in traditional oil painting techniques and my exploration of other media, including sculpture.  In portraiture I discovered my gift for 'getting a likeness'. While much of my earlier work was sited indoors, I have found myself increasingly enticed to locations where water meets with complex landforms.  In recent times I have also been exploring more abstract modes of self-expression, using acrylics rather than oils. Born in New Zealand, I have travelled widely in order to inform my painting, visiting many galleries and art museums, especially in New York, London and Paris. My work is held in private collections internationally, including in New York and London.
		I'm sorry that the previous contents including all the images of my paintings on this website have disappeared  for reasons unknown to me. I'll rebuild the website to include the gallery of my paintings very soon. Thank you for visiting, do come back before long... Barbara Taylor Wellington, New Zealand March 2004