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Henry Taylor
-Born in 1958 in Ventura, California.
- The youngest of 8 brothers and sisters.
- attended Oxnard College (Had james Jarvaise as a mentor here) and then spent 10 years working as a psychiatric technician at Camarillo Sate mental hospital. He then retired and went to Calarts
-His father was an issued government painter so he grew up with art around him
-he is known to paint obsessively, on various materials, including empty cigarette packs, detergent boxes, cereal boxes, suitcases, crates, bottles, furniture, and stretched canvas.
-Taylor is most well known for his acrylic paintings, mixed media sculptures, and installations.
-His most recent pieces have been paintings but my favorite installation of his was done in 2012 called " March Forth" done after his trip to Ethiopia, shown in a space in New York
inspirations=
1)
-Romuald Hazoumè is an artist from the Republic of Bénin, best known for his work La Bouche du Roi (African).
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2) -He was also inspired by jacob lawrence who was an African-American painter known for his portrayal of African-American life.
-Lawrence is among the best-known 20th-century African-American painters
- was famous for his migration series, The series depicted the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.
- Taylor could have been inspired by jacobs use of color and painting on different materials, jacob would paint on cardboard.