Artists
Jena Rawley Taylor
Dallas and Amarillo Galleries

The Suddenly
48" x 48"
Mixed media on canvas

The One
48"w x 36"h
Mixed media on canvas

The Fallen
31"w x 21"h
Mixed media on canvas

The Crushing
20"w x 17.5"h
Mixed media on canvas

The Intangible
36"w x 12"h
Mixed media on board

Plundering Egypt
38"w x 50"h
Mica in resin on canvas

The Triad
66"w x 22"h
Mixed media on canvas

The Myriads
26.5"w x 26.5"h
Mixed media on board

The Ruler
26"w x 22"h
Mixed media on canvas

To the Promised Land
18"w x 22"h
Mica in resin on canvas

The Rock III
19.25"w x 15.25"h
Mixed media on board

Tabernacle
38"w x 50"h
Mica in resin on canvas

Pharoah's Army in the Sea
38"w x 50"h
Mica in resin on canvas

Pillar of Smoke
8" x 8"
Mixed media on board

Every Nation
38"w x 46"h x 6"d
Mixed media

Die Tiefste Sehnsucht
14"w x 38"h
Oil on canvas

Lux Venite
14"w x 38"h
Mixed Media on Canvas
SOLD

Sakal Zahar
20"w x 49 3/4"h
Oil on board
SOLD

Eloyhiym Shaar
6"w x 8"h
Oil on board
SOLD

Mosheh no Yada' Owr
13 1/2"w x 37 1/2"h
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Theos Kantalisco Pur
25 1/2"w x 31 1/2"h
Oil on canvas

Practices of a Life Laid Down
9"w x 11"h
Oil on board

Morphe
7 1⁄4"w x 7 1⁄4"h
Oil on board

Epiphaneia
17 1⁄4" x 21 1⁄4"h
Oil on board

Charis
8"w x 8"h
Oil on board

Egiero
13"w x 13"h
Mixed media on board

Naphal Kabod
9"w x 9"h
Oil on board

Bore the Crevice
17 1⁄4"w x 21 1⁄4"h
Oil on board

Every Tribe
16"w x 16"h
Automotive paint on metal

The Luminous Web
37.5"w x 37.5"h
Oil on canvas

Quarks
49.5"w x 37.5"h
Oil on canvas

Quantum Dust
49.5"w x 37.5"h
Oil on canvas

Newton's Third Law of Motion
25.5"w x 31.5"h
Oil on canvas

DNA - Awareness
48"w x 48"h x 1.5"d
Oil on canvas

Newton's Clockwork Universe
37.5"w x 37.5"h
Oil on canvas

Consciousness
11"w x 22"h x 7 1/2"h
Bronze, A/P

Trinity
18 1/4"w x 30 1/4"h
Metallic enamel on board

The Jordan
12" x 12"
Mixed media on board
SOLD

The Appearance
16"w x 12"h
Mixed media on canvas
SOLD

The Spoken
16"w x 16"h
Mixed media on canvas
SOLD

Terra Firma
10.75"w x 13"h
Mixed media on glass
SOLD

Malak Elohiym
13"w x 13"h
Oil on board
SOLD

Sinai II
16"w x 12"w
Oil on board
SOLD

Raqiya Shamayim
36"w x 48"h
Oil enamel on canvas
SOLD

Promised
11"w x 13"h
Mixed media on glass
SOLD

The Hosts
40"w x 30"h
Mixed media on canvas
SOLD

The Third Heaven
80"w x 36"h
Mixed media on canvas
SOLD

Emi Ho On
13"w x 13"h
Oil enamel on board
SOLD

Archipelago
31.5" x 24.5"h
Mixed media on lucite
SOLD

Shalom
36"w x 48"h
Oil enamel on canvas
SOLD

The Altar
38"w x 50"h
Enamel on canvas
SOLD

The Nile
12"w x 16"h
Oil on board
SOLD

Chaos Theory
31.5"w x 25.5"h
Oil on canvas
SOLD

DNA
25.5"w x 31.5"h
Oil on canvas
SOLD

The Cataclysmic
48.5"w x 36.5"h
Mixed media on canvas
SOLD

Rabba
13"w x 13"h
Oil on board
SOLD

Machashabah
13"w x 13"h
Oil on board
SOLD

The Rock I
16"w x 12"w
Mixed media on board
SOLD

Manna
40"w x 50"h
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Sinai
16"w x 12"w
Oil on board
SOLD

Exodus
12"w x 16"h
Oil on board
SOLD

The Rock II
16"w x 12"w
Mixed media on board
SOLD

The Walls of Jerico
20"w x 17"h
Mixed media
SOLD
“Ktizo” is the Greek word for the creation process. It literally means to form, fabricate, or create. If one accepts the concept of spiritual DNA, one is able to grasp one’s own capacity and need to fabricate or form. It is the very nature of God to create. It is simply what He does; and we, as willing participants in the Cosmos, have had the very nature imparted to us. We are “hardwired” as it were with the capability, the desire, indeed the very need to bring into being that which is not. Picasso Said, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain one once he grows up.” It is not necessary to show a two year old what to do with the lipstick once he has found it. He knows to draw on the wall. The same child picks up a marker and innately heads to the bedspread in order to create. It is as developmentally natural as crawling or walking. Those of us who remain artists once we grow up are the fortunate ones. And those of us who are propelled into the world of abstract expressionism are fortunate indeed. For we are those who witness a tear in the fabric of reality as we know it. Pulling back the fabric we see treasures unspeakable. In the depth of the abstract lie the questions and the answers that huddle deep within each of our own souls. It is here that one is able to communicate one’s own discoveries- insights that are tethered to our hearts like so many beads upon a strand. We all walk on spiritual roads seeking out that which ennobles our lives. But it is the artist, whether pounding on a bolted door, or gazing boldfaced into the eyes of Him who made us who is able to embark, like the two year old, upon the quest.
Education
Bachelor of fine art Texas Tech University 1975
Magna Cum Laude
Bachelor of arts in art education Texas Tech University
1975 Magna Cum Laude
15 Hours of photography Midland College 1993-1995
20 Hours of photography Amarillo College 1996-1999
Awards
Texas community college journalism convention 1st place
Photo journalism 1998
Pro Norbis
Careers
Creative Workshop Speaker 2002-2003
Wrote curriculum and authored Workbook for workshop on creativity.
Lectured on creative history of civilization,Organization of the brain, educational systems in the west, stages of artistic development in a child, creative blocks, Facilitated hands on learning centers.
Abstract Expressionist 1992-now
Exploring and executing avenues of Abstract expressionism, exhibiting, showing, Marketing work.
Muralist- Faith City Mission 2004
Designing and executing front wall mural Of 8 x 32 feet for chapel.
Muralist- Trinity Church 2002
Designed and executed 12 x 50 foot mural Overseeing a crew of 20.
Muralist- Trinity Church 2000-01
Designed and executed three wall mural in The renaissance genre. Approximately 10 x 60
Feet. Includes over forty figures.
Instructor- Amarillo College 1999
Taught design concepts and wrote Curriculum in advanced black and white Photography. Created slide presentation For each element. Made assignments, and Facilitated critiques.
Watercolor Portrait Painter 1979-Now
Completed over 1,000 portraits. Presently
Employ five artist’s representatives in Texas,New Mexico, and Louisiana. Clients include President Bush’s twin daughters, Neil Patrick Harris, and Congressman Kika De La Garza, who’sPortrait Hangs in the US House of Representatives.
Illustrator 1991-92
Illustrated children’s book Fairy Tea by Annie Ulrich. Published by Windom Books. Lux Votacus, Lux Venite
Galleries
Cerulean Gallery, Amarillo, Texas
Silvers, Midland, Texas
Signatures, Corpus Christi, Texas
The Colony, Amarillo, Texas
The Foundry, Ruidoso, New Mexico
Imam Gallery, San Angelo, Texas
OHMS, Amarillo, Texas
Finishing Touch, Arlington, Texas
Sycamore Gallery, Mason Michigan
Affirmative, Ruidoso, New Mexico
Charlotte’s, El Paso, Texas
Texas Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Sun Spirit Gallery, Alamogordo, New Mexico
New Orleans Gallery, Ruidoso, New Mexico
Published Works
Fairy Tea by Annie Ulrich, Windom Books 1992
Cover of sidesaddle magazine 1984
Accent West magazine 1998
AC Current magazine 1998
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong. Joseph Chilton Pearce
One Woman Shows
Roasters, Amarillo, Texas
Midland Theater Center, Midland, Texas
Episcopal Diocese of the Northwest
Roosters, Amarillo Texas
Tom Green Bank, San Angelo, Texas
Exhibitions
Amarillo museum of art 2001
Amarillo museum of art 1997
Museum of the southwest, Midland, Texas
Odessa art league, Odessa, Texas 1995
Midland College, Midland, Texas 1994 1995
National cowgirl hall of fame, Hereford, Texas 1988
West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas 1982