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Brightly colored abstract painting with solo figure

Pearlie Taylor Known primarily as an abstract expressionist, Pearlie Taylor’s interest in art began as an adolescent when she found herself drawing on everything in her surroundings, from brown paper bags to whatever would hold an image. She was drawn to watercolor in high school, experimenting with still life and landscapes. As a young adult she broadened her art studies to include life drawings and working in oils and pastels. Her initial focus of portraiture and landscape changed during middle age as she began to gravitate toward abstract art, where she found her passion as an abstract painter. Her inspiration comes from adventurous artist such as Dale Chiluly, Picasso, Jackson Pollack, Richard Dempsey and so many other...