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When she is not traveling through Europe, Central America or North Africa, with pochade box and oil paints in her backpack, Marjorie Taylor can be found painting around Southern California or in her studio on Ray Street, in North Park San Diego’s Art & Culture District.

Marjorie combines her love of painting with her passion for travel and exploration. Painting en plein air enables enables Marjorie to capture the atmosphere of a place, and brings authenticity to her work. When painting in the studio, she approaches the blank canvas with the same immediacy and spontaneity found in her plein air paintings.

Marjorie Taylor graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, spent 14 years as a graphic designer/illustrator, until she began to pursue her career as a Fine Artist 12 years ago. Marjorie studied oil painting under Lela Harty and has taken workshops with Kim English, George Strickland, John Asaro, Jove Wang, Carolyn Anderson, John Budicin, Ray Roberts, Mark Daily and Ned Mueller.

Marjorie lives in San Diego with her husband, Steve, and their dog, Maya. 

Current Representation:

Awards

2010

  • Honorable Mention, San Clemente Plein Air , 2010

  • 3rd Place, Torrey Pines Plein Air, 2010

  • 2nd Place, Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational 2010

  • CAC/SDAI North Park Plein Air 2009, 2 awards

  • Allied Artists Association of San Diego, 2008 award winner

  • San Diego Hospice Exhibition, 2008 Award winner

  • San Diego Portrait Society Members Show 2007 “Honorable Mention”

  • SDMA Artists Guild Maritime San Diego Exhibition 2007 “Second Prize”

  • Cincinatti Art Club Viewpoints 2006 “Prince Art & Framing Award”

  • San Diego Portrait Society, 2004 show, 3rd Place

  • Dragonfly Award, Cincinnati Art Club Viewpoints 2003

  • Oil Technique, North County Fine Arts Show 2002

  • Raymar Award, Cincinnati Art Club Viewpoints 2002

  • Artist\'s Choice Award, La Jolla Art Association Member Show 2001

Memberships

Teaching

  • Figure Painting - Art Academy of San Diego (2010)

  • Plein Air Painting - Art Academy of San Diego (2010)

  • Oil Painting - Taylor Studio (2007-2008)

  • Plein Air Painting - Tuscany Italy (2005)


Shows and Exhibitions

2010

  • Evening in Paris, Gallery on Glassell, Orange, CA

  •  San Clemente Plein Air, San Clemente Art Gallery, CA

  • CAC Artists Celebrate the Ring, Cathedral of the Angels, Los Angeles, CA

  • Plein Air Invitational, Art Institute of Borrego Springs, CA

  • CAC Plein Air Arroyo Seco Invitational, Pasadena, CA

  • AAASD Lyceum Theatre Exhibition, San Diego, CA

  • Art in the Pines Torrey Pines, San Diego, CA

  • San Diego Portrait Society Exhibition, Balboa Park, San Diego CA

  • SOHO May Day Exhibiton, Marsten House, San Diego, CA 

2009

  • CAC Legacy and Landscapes, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT

  • CAC Painting from the Southern Sierra Foothills, Old Mill Gallery, San Marino, CA

  • Gold Medal Show, California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of CA Art, Pasadena, CA

  • Carmel Plein Air Invitational Competition, Carmel, CA

  • Spring Salon, Gallery on Glassell, Old Towne Orange, CA

2008

  • Celebrate the Craft Plein Air Invitational, Torrey Pines Lodge, San Diego, CA

  • California Art Club: Plein Air Paintings of the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena, CA

  • Telluride Plein Air Invitational, Sheridan Opera House, Telluride, CO

  • Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas

  • San Diego Hospice, Various group exhibitions, San Diego, CA

2007

  • “Interiors Expo” San Diego Convention Center

  • LPAPA Go Figure, A Survey of the Human Form

  • Salon International 2007, International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX

  • San Diego Musuem of Art Artists Guild Maritime San Diego Exhibition

  • Canyon de Chelley Exhibition

2006

  • San Diego Musuem of Art Artists Guild Fine Arts Show

  • Cincinatti Art Club Viewpoints

  • From Paris to Panajachel

2005

  • An American Artist in France, CafÈ des Amis, Mirabel, France
  • Art Lights Up Ledoux, Taos, NM 

  • Our Land, Our People, Our Mission Mission, San Juan Capistrano, CA 

  • Color, 2 Artist show, Gallery on Glassell 

2004

  • Local Artists Show, Fine Living Design, San Diego, CA

  • Gallery on Glassell Show, Old Towne Orange, CA

  • San Diego Portrait Society Show. Poway Center of the Performing Arts,

    Escondido, CA

  • California Art Club Show. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Fine Artists Toast Pasadena Culinary Artists\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"

    Fine Artists Factory, Pasadena, CA

  • Summer C-Note Show. San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA

  • La Jolla Art Association Art Gala, La Jolla, CA

  • \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Guatemala Through the Eyes of 3 Artists.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Sun Design. San Diego, CA.

2003

  • California Art Club \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Plein Air Painting Event.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Mission San Juan Capistrano, CA. 

  • San Diego Portrait Society Show. Poway Center of the Performing Arts, Escondido, CA

  • California Art Club Show. \"Fine Artists Toast Pasadena Culinary Artists\\\" Fine Artists Factory, Pasadena, CA

  • Summer C-Note Show. San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA

  • Salon International 2003, International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX 

  • California Art Club Ode to the San Diego Eucalyptus, The Old Mill Gallery, San Marino, CA 

  • La Jolla Art Association Art Gala, La Jolla, CA 

  • Benchmark Project, San Diego, CA

2002

  • Viewpoints 2002, Cincinnati Art Club National Show, Cincinnati, OH (award winner) 

  • Tuscany Show, Newport Beach, CA

  • North County Society of Fine Art Show, Poway, CA (award winner)

  • CAC Best of all Genres Show, San Diego, CA

  • CAC South of Southland Show, San Juan Capistrano, CA

  • Artists Guild Show, Boehm Gallery, San Diego, CA 

  • Maurice Braun Memorial Plein Air Painting Festival, San Diego, CA 

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