the gallery of Carol Taylor

• name: Carol Taylor
• caroltaylorwatercolors.com

About the Artist

Carol Taylor has always had a love for the mountains and nature. A California native, she lived in the mountains of the West for 25 years before settling in Orange County, California. She is a Signature Member of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG), an Associate Member of the National Watercolor Society, and Signature Member of the Arizona Watercolor Association (AWA).

Carol began her watercolor lessons in 2001 in response to an ad in a local Montana newspaper for “Beginning Adult Ongoing Watercolor Classes.” She found these classes motivating, and her urge to paint has continued. She has attended watercolor classes at Goldenwest and Coastline Community College, in Huntington Beach, California, and again, adult watercolor and drawing classes in Tucson. Attending watermedia workshops with noted artists has motivated her and sparked her creativity. Watercolor classes have always been a positive source to continue painting, and to continue to grow as a watercolor artist. Artists she admires are the California School of Watercolorists; Milford Zornes, Phil Dike, Henry Fukuhara. She admires the work of Stephen Quiller and Linda Fruhwold. She is grateful to all the artists who have given her a kind word and a firm pat on the back; Harvey Clemans, Timothy Clark, Skip Lawrence, Chris Sullivan, Deanna Thibault, Ellen Fountain, and Andy Rush.

Carol says: “I enjoy working with watercolor as a medium because it is fun, physical, and, unpredictable! I enjoy the challenge of creative expression, and, everyday is an opportunity for new growth.”