Lesley Taylor

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 Lesley is a contemporary mixed-media artist working from her studio in the village of Warnham, on the border of Surrey and West Sussex.  She also has a base in Orford, on the Suffolk coast. Self-taught, she invested time in learning some of the more technical aspects of her craft – such as mould making and casting at the Sussex Sculpture Studio.

She started working as an artist full-time in 2010, completing her first series of witty three-dimensional boxed sculptures, entitled ‘The Drip Series’, early in 2011. Each sculpture encapsulates a moment in time involving the careful play of light and shadow, in which the focus of each piece is seemingly simple but dramatic, with a splash of colour.  All delivered with her trademark touch of humour!

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She takes inspiration from everyday people and things she sees around her.  The renovation of a cottage in Suffolk was the main inspiration for ‘The Drip Series’ and since then, her works have included ‘Vin Rouge’ in which spilled red wine is the focus. ‘Shades of…’ inspired by her favourite 1930’s photograph of construction workers in New York was followed by ‘Absolutely Quackers’, ‘Beside the Seaside’ and a considerable range of unique commissions.  Her sculptures have been successfully exhibited in prestigious London Art Shows and International Art Fairs in the USA and Canada. Her range of limited edition high quality glicée prints are professional photographic images of her three-dimensional original pieces.