We had the good fortune of connecting with Kevin Earl Taylor and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Kevin, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking?
I believe making art has a lot to do with pushing beyond the comfort level and embracing the opportunity to make mistakes or absorb failure. Once something starts to become routine, I’ve always taken it as a cue to push further.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?

My work explores the complex relationship between humanity and nature and the imaginary division between the two. I consider myself a classical painter in the way that I seek realism as opposed to presenting a more stylized approach at image making. I got where I am at today through perseverance and an endless will to be productive. In a sense it was easy, as I never considered that what I was doing was anything I could “quit”. On the other hand, I would be hesitant to recommend such a direction in life to anyone unless they felt compelled to make work, regardless of circumstance.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.

Griffith Park, Bacari, Playita Mariscos, Crawford’s, El Compadre, Rosie’s dog beach, galleries, live music

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
My family

Website: www.kevinearltaylor.com

Instagram: @kevinearltaylorstudio

Twitter: @kevinearltaylor

Facebook: Kevin earl taylor

Image Credits
portrait photo: Elon Schoenholz All other images courtesy Kevin E. Taylor Studio

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