For years, Ms. Taylor took every opportunity possible to study with professional artists and teachers from the California and New York professional art schools.

 

Her entries and awards earned her active membership and signature status in the American Watercolor Society (AWS web site) in 1977, making her the first woman from Texas to achieve that honor. She is one of the charter members and a signature member of the Southwestern Watercolor Society in Dallas, Texas. She was elected an honorary member of the New Mexico Watercolor Society, and the Mt. Pleasant Watercolor Society in Mt. Pleasant, Texas.

 

Ms. Taylor painted full-time for gallery shows for nearly seven years. Her paintings appear in museums and in private and corporate collections. Eight of her award winning paintings have been procured by a private collector for permanent display at Baylor University in Waco, Tx..

 

Ms. Taylor has taught seminars and workshops throughout the country. She taught as a full-time painting instructor at Northeast Texas Community College in Mt. Pleasant for fourteen years attaining faculty emerita status.

 

It was while teaching there that her basic concepts of design were more finely honed and became the central focus of her painting and teaching. Her reputation well established, students were soon driving great distances to study with her. Ms. Taylor carefully analyzed and critiqued her advanced students’ work weekly while also giving instruction and inspiration to her beginning students through their preliminary exercises. Classes were bursting at the seams, humming with activity.

 

The Northeast Texas Community College gladly sponsored successful summer workshops for her at the Institute in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It was an exciting time for everyone involved.

 

Ms Taylor’s book, Watercolor Wisdom, Northlight Publications, documents and explores that astounding creative energy.