Lori Taylor Proposition Paper

Abstract

Growing up in the country I became fascinated by trees and the various ways their branches wind and contort to look like other things. As I got older and encountered hardships and obstacles in my life I began to feel a kinship with the tree because they show their "history" both externally and internally, and because my life was just as winding and contorted as the branches on the tree. As this concept developed over the past three years the tree images have become even more abstract and the colors much richer. The colors help to establish the moods for the paintings and the painting experience itself allows me to commune with God in my own unique way.