Taylor Banner/Bluforest Art
I am an artist and educator living in Clarion, PA. I enjoy working with a range of mediums and applications. I am most drawn to collage, both analog and digital, as well as mixed media techniques and fibers. I find inspiration for my work in vintage and found imagery, as well as family photographs. Each picture captures a brief moment in time and carries with it a fragment of a life story. Working with collage allows me to create layered surfaces that rewrite that narrative and tell a new, imagined history. I am also drawn to old abandoned structures and forgotten items. I imagine a time when they were filled with life and the memories they hold. Much of my recent work reflects upon the discarded past, human connection and the melancholy of nostalgia. My work is heavily influenced by these themes along with my own personal experiences.
