Work samples

  • The Bass Player
    The Bass Player

    This is one of seven pieces from my black and white jazz series. This was done with paper magazine pages and glue inspired by the Hurricane Katrina. 

  • The Sax
    The Sax

     The man playing the saxophone is done in a collage with torn and black and white magazines pieces.

  • The Horn
    The Horn

    An image of a man who is playing a horn using torn black and white magazine pieces.

  • Piano Player
    Piano Player

    A collage of glue and magazine pieces.

About Leah

Leah J. Taylor is a resident of Columbia, Maryland. Leah attended Howard Community College, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute of Art in 1992. Since then, she has taught various art classes to adults and children while exhibiting several installations in galleries and museums throughout the Baltimore/Washington region. As a resident artist at the Howard County Arts Center (HCAC) for 13 years, she used her studio… more

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Sculpture

Tree trunks carved with natural materials added on metal, hair, and glass beads.

  • Separate Warrior
    Separate Warrior

    Freestanding tree branch carved and hair added, metal, and paint.

  • The Village
    The Village

    Freestanding tree trunk carved heads and bodies added hair, leather, and feathers.

  • Fox's Child
    Fox's Child

    Tree trunk carved heads, added fur, beads, and leather.

Lift Him Up

27 panels of torn magazines with an image of a choir. 

  • Lift Him Up Front View
    Lift Him Up Front View

    27 pieces of framed collage depicting a choir singing. It's three triptychs up and 9 across, totaling to 27 triptychs

  • Close up of the Choir
    Close up of the Choir

    Front view middle panel close up of the choir. Torn bits and pieces of magazine pages put in a collage together with glue

  • Close Up of the Stained Glass
    Close Up of the Stained Glass

    Close up of the third left panel front view middle collage.

  • Close Up of the Congregation
    Close Up of the Congregation

    Left bottom middle panel close up of a congregation of bits and pieces of magazine pages glued together on masonite board.