Well Patinated is a rich, contemplative still life that celebrates the quiet beauty of age and use. Centered around a timeworn brass vessel, the piece highlights the layered textures and softened sheen that come only with time. With moody lighting and a restrained palette, the painting invites a sense of reverence for the history held within everyday objects.
Oil on Board, 28×33
2024
This painting draws on evocative symbolism to depict the struggle of being trapped within a bell jar. The glass dome encasing a fragile world of flowers, serves as a metaphor for societal pressures and conformity. Beneath its surface, vibrant life is stifled. The bell jar represents the constraints that sap creative vitality and individuality. The hammer is an invitation to the viewer to break the glass.
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Named after the opening chapter of Moby-Dick, Loomings is a meditative still life that reflects on the weight of memory and the ache of loss. A worn copy of Melville’s classic anchors the composition, evoking themes of obsession, isolation, and the quiet persistence of grief. Through restrained color and subtle symbolism, the painting offers a contemplative space where literature and lived experience quietly intertwine.
oil on board, 18×28
2024
*0n display in the salmagundi club in NYC until December 7th
Tulip Fever is a new work from the 'Beneath the Bell Jar' series, featuring light yellow peony tulips elegantly breaking free from their glass confines. This painting portrays the tulips as they emerge from a fragmented bell jar, resting upon a small brass filigree base. The yellow tulips, a symbol of joy and renewal, are depicted in the act of liberation, their petals bright against the backdrop of broken glass. The artwork captures the essential life force of the tulips, which, like their need for a dormant period to bloom, suggests a period of internal growth preceding a vibrant emergence. The interplay of light across the petals and shattered glass pieces enhances the narrative of resilience and rebirth, encouraging viewers to reflect on their own moments of breakthrough following times of rest and reflection.
TAYLOR HARSTON WIEDEMANN
Taylor Wiedemann is a still life painter based in Nashville, Tennessee. Her work explores the weight of womanhood, often expressed through the recurring motif of the bell jar. Wiedemann’s work is held in private collections and has been exhibited at the Loveland Museum of Art and Culture (Loveland, CO); the Salmagundi Club (New York, NY); Arts Center East (Vernon, CT); Thornhill Gallery (Portsmouth, NH); and The Custom House (Clarksville, TN). Her commissions also hang in the Tennessee State Capitol. She is a Full Juried Member of the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, a Signature Member of American Women Artists Association, and a member of the International Guild of Realism.