After neglecting this website for the first half of 2024, I decided it was time to streamline the site.  I've been thinking about making these changes here since last year - but the truth is, I'd rather make art and not have to deal with this end of things. I ignored it and things finally got to the tipping point once I realized we were halfway through the year and I hadn't touched it. Snap. I have procrastinated long enough!

ShellyTaylorArt.com is now a gallery of my work. I've made the navigation as simple as possible and removed plenty of unnecessary fluff. The changes made make navigation easier and also makes it easier to to add to the portfolio going forward. ​

The original art is now divided into 3 sections under SHOP:
SMALLER SPACES
LARGER SPACES
ART ARCHIVE

SMALLER SPACES is subdivided by size, starting with the smallest which is 8x8".
LARGER SPACES is subdivided by size, starting with 18x24".
​ART ARCHIVE contains UNAVAILABLE ORIGINALS and is not subdivided.

​The task of adding more of my work in the LARGER SPACES section hasn't been completed yet, and I'll be working on this periodically until it is done.

Shopping for PRINTS+  As of today, I don't have everything in those print databases. If there is a particular piece you like to purchase a print of, contact me and I'll get it up there ASAP! 

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Below you can see the art I have created in July so far. I will add to this as I finish a piece and move onto the next month.

I've posted this on demo on Facebook and I figured it needed to be here. Why? One of the common questions I am repeatedly asked is how do I make the underlying texture on a piece.

Here's how I do it, and - you can also see the finished city scene below (named CITY STROLL) that I painted over it. I can tell you that it is NOT easy painting over heavy texture. It will test your last nerve. If it frustrates you, walk away but don't give up. 

I will mention this though - THIS is the smallest textured canvas I've ever created. Despite being familiar with this technique, this was one of the most difficult paintings I've done. A lot of it had to do with the smaller size canvas. I can safely say that I will never do another small painting over heavy texture, despite managing to pull this one off. 

Created 5 new pieces of art in June 2024. The most difficult piece was the street scene, Why? Because it was heavily textured and very small. I will never paint another textured scene like this on a small 8x8 canvas. 

And this month ends the first half of the year. I have created 38 paintings in those 6 months. Many were on smaller canvases: 8x8, 10x10 & 12x12. There were several 24x36 panels as well as  a few 18x24. 

There were 6 paintings created this month. Two of them were 2x3 feet and one of those (WORKING DOWNTOWN) was painted over a heavily textured gallery canvas.

I also purchased and played around with a GELLI plate, you can see one of my monotype prints below, and a one of the abstractions made on 9x12" paper. Experimenting and playing with art is FUN! The gelli plates will be great for creating collage papers.