Mary Taylor (artist)

Mary Taylor was born in Devonport, Auckland in 1948.[1] She was educated at the University of Auckland and Massey University.[2]

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 and predominantly of New Zealand’s flora and fauna.[2][3]

Taylor has exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts[4][5] and internationally, in New York and Beijing, as part of exhibitions of New Zealand art.[2]

She is the author of Old Blue: The Rarest Bird in the World,[6] winner of the AIM Children's Book Awards non-fiction award in 1994.[7]

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