Deborah Taylor

Splashdown

mixed media collage on paper

7.5" x 7.5" 2015

Two Moons Rising

mixed media collage on paper

8.5" x  8.5" 2015

Desert Blooms

mixed media collage on paper

7.5" x 7.5" 2015

Secret Life of Plants

mixed media collage on paper

7.5" x 7.5" 2015

Artist Statement

My collages for Imaginary Spaces/ Imaginary Places are dream-like images where unrelated objects are juxtaposed to create new forms, and recognizable elements are placed into an unnatural size relationship with their surroundings. The images created are glimpses into uncanny worlds that are reminiscent of science fiction or dreamscapes where the systems of the natural and built environment no longer operate in the way we expect. 

Bio
Deborah Taylor is an artist living in Melbourne, Australia and has been exhibiting for the last 15 years. Although Deborah’s background is in printmaking, she is currently engaged in more direct methods of creating – painting, drawing and collage. Her work has primarily been abstract and has always embraced the element of chance. While the figurative aspect of her collage work is a departure from abstraction, landscape has always been a source of inspiration and the process of finding and combining images still relies on chance.

Deborah studied Visual Arts as an undergraduate at RMIT and then as a post-graduate at Monash University. She is currently an Artist in Residence with St. Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne and teaches art and gardening part-time to primary school children with learning disabilities