Mary Taylor (born 1948) is a New Zealand artist and children's author.

Background

Mary Taylor was born in Devonport, Auckland in 1948. She was educated at the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

and

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

Career

Formerly a teacher, Taylor has worked as a professional artist since 1983. Taylor is known for etchings and paintings. She follows a traditional process in her etchings, involving nitric acid, zinc plate, a manual etching press, and hand colouring each work. Her paintings primarily use acrylic and oils. Taylors works are grounded in

realism Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to: In the arts *Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts Arts movements related to realism include: *Classical Realism *Literary realism, a move ...

and predominantly of New Zealand's flora and fauna. Taylor has exhibited with the

New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts (also referred to as the Wellington Art Society) was founded in Wellington in July 1882 as The Fine Arts Association of New Zealand. Founding artists included painters William Beetham (first president of the Ass ...

and internationally, in New York and Beijing, as part of exhibitions of New Zealand art. She is the author of ''Old Blue: The Rarest Bird in the World'', winner of the

AIM Children's Book Awards The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a series of literary awards presented annually to recognise excellence in children and young adult's literature in New Zealand. The awards began in 1982 as the New Zealand Governme ...

non-fiction award in 1994.

References

Artist files held for Mary Taylor are held at:
Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library

E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena

Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Living people 1948 births New Zealand painters New Zealand women painters New Zealand women children's writers New Zealand children's writers 20th-century New Zealand writers Massey University alumni University of Auckland alumni Artists from Auckland {{NewZealand-writer-stub

Background

Career

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