Bunkhouse Studio is owned and operated by Ken and Faye Taylor of Prineville, OR.
First a little about Faye...
Artist Statement:
There's nothing like a good story. Throw in some western flavor and juice it up with a colorful background plot and you have a Faye Taylor. If my paintings were movies, watercolor would be the actor who adlibs and oils would be a drama queen. I am often so inspired by the story I am painting that I write my own brand of cowboy poetry to accompany it.
Because I paint from real life, I paint in a realistic style, spicing it up with color, shape and value to keep things lively and interesting. My subjects are usually on the move, so I reference photos when I paint in one of my two studios. My private studio is a turn of the century bunkhouse and my public gallery/studio, named Bunkhouse Studio, is located downtown Prineville, Oregon.
Faye Taylor Bio:
The journey from art student to accomplished and recognized artist has been rewarding for Faye Taylor. Her unique style of realism has garnered much praise and awards.
As a high school student Faye Taylor toured the advertising department of a Southern California department store and decided to become a fashion illustrator. After years of studying under Clayton Rippy and Chalita Robinson, she returned to that very store, showed them her portfolio and was awarded a position on the spot.
Now, 27 years later, Faye Taylor is an award-winning, nationally-known artist working from her studio/gallery in Prineville, Oregon, a small ranching community where she finds many of her subjects among her friends. "My love for figurative art has not diminished, but I have shifted from the fashion figure to the western figure."
Taylor's Work has been in many galleries, including a piece on permanent display in the John Lide Hart Museum in South Carolina. Several of her pieces have been included in shows at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, as well as the National Arts Foundation in Chicago.
Now, most of her work is featured in her own gallery, Bunkhouse Studio in Prineville. "Supporting and encouraging other up-and-coming fine artists in my community has been one of the most rewarding aspects of owning a gallery."
Her art has been on the covers of several magazines including a recent issue of Cascade Arts & Entertainment. Recent articles about Taylor have appeared nationally in Horses in Art Magazine and locally in Cascade Horse Journal. She has also been commissioned for the second time to produce a poster for the up-coming Crooked River Round-up PRCA rodeo. In recent years she has produced poster art for St. Paul Rodeo and Chief Joseph Days Rodeo.
She is a member of Oil Painters of America, Watercolor Society of Oregon, Northwest Artists and is a signature member of the world-renowned Women Artists of the West. In 2005 she was included in a coffee table book entitled "Northwest Artists."
Next a little about Ken....
I have always appreciated great images. My taste is fairly ecclectic but I tend to gravitate toward images that evoke an emotional response. That can include people, nature, sports and of course art.
I find my satisfaction in photography.
I gained some great training at the 5th Army photo reproduction center in Fort Bliss, TX. While there I often ventured into Juarez, Mexico and returned with some provoking images of life there. That compelled me to continue my training and in 1972 I earned a certificate from The School of Modern Photography in Little Falls, NJ.
Living in the Pacific Northwest has been the greatest backdrop I could imagine. Great landscapes and vistas, the exciting ranch life and phenomenal wildlife are my subjects. Studio photography requires imagination and thoughtfulness. Now I find some of my most creative enterprise in capturing that spirit of the person before me.
