DEBBIE TAYLOR-KERMAN

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Debbie Taylor – Kerman has and continues to be influenced by artists Egon Schiele and Mark Rothko as she navigates her artistic process, merging figurative and abstract painting.

Her work is built in layers of paint and collage on wood panel. Her figures and select parts of their individual and diverse style emerges through the layers. Taylor-Kerman is continually adjusting the measure of abstract versus figurative in her work. The question the artist asks herself throughout the process is “what needs to be said and what needs to be left unsaid”. She doesn’t tell the whole story to capture the viewers’ attention, requiring them to explore the work to discover the subtle elements within a painting.

BIO:

Debbie Taylor-Kerman is a contemporary abstract figurative painter. The Scottish artist came to NYC to work as a textile designer in 1991. She fell in love with the city and her husband Elliott, and they moved to Harlem where they raised their two sons and still reside. During the pandemic, Debbie decided to become a professional artist and paint full time leaving her commercial art career of more than three decades behind.

Taylor - Kerman grew up in a working-class family in Scotland affected by intergenerational alcoholism and poverty. She is the first in her family to pursue a college degree in the predominantly upper-class art school environment of London. Taylor-Kerman has exhibited her work in group shows in New York City and at The Other Art Fair in Brooklyn, New York. Her work is in private collections internationally.