Photographer    •    Musician    •    Painter / Illustrator    •    Composer    •    Resumé

Gary Taylor • Photographer

The camera is a great tool for documenting life..it’s immediate, capturing the moment, yet with different films and exposure techniques the results can be very mysterious. I enjoy working with film, as you can push it and it reacts in ways you can’t always predict. In addition I’ve embraced digital photography and have found this to be an amazing experience. It is still thrilling to pick up a new set of contact sheets and be surprised by the results of some experimentation, but I have now found both mediums to be filled with creative potential. As both a visual artist and a musician I live for improvisation. To me that’s what the creative process is all about. I don’t like to plan things out too much and I enjoy working with both natural light and location lighting.

Besides having a real passion for documentary and erotica, I recently took stills for the series ‘Solos’ for Bravo Television and have done advertising and web shots for Taye Music, of Vancouver, B.C. I have had pictures published in ‘Downbeat’, ‘Modern Drummer’, ‘Drums Etc’, Guitar One’, and ‘Drum!’ magazines as well as doing shoots for Dancers, Musicians and Artists in the Toronto area.

Gary Taylor • Musician
As a Drummer and Percussionist Gary works in a number of interesting musical situations these days. He has been a member of Kevin Breit’s ‘Sister’s Euclid’ for eight years and has recorded five CDs and a DVD with them as well as a new CD with ‘John and the Sisters.’ He also plays drums for Nightfly, Disraeli Gears, Pretzel Logic and tours occasionally with Canadian accapella group the Nylons.

As a Producer he has worked on dozens of projects including Juno-nominated CD, ‘Thirst’ by Jani Lauzon, ‘The Ladder’ by Kiva, ‘Other Folks’ with Sisters Euclid, ‘Soft Electric’ with Ron Reid and ‘Strange Attractors with Glen Hall. He also co-produced several recordings with Doug Blais including Blue Telephone, Lucid Dreaming, Pink Ships and Passenger. His latest project is entitled ‘Foreign Correspondence’ with co-producer Don Breithaupt.

Gary Taylor • Painter & Illustrator
Taylor 451 illustratons include coves for the CD’s ‘Other Folks’ by the SISTERS EUCLID, ‘Frontier Tunes’ by the Juno award winning MERLIN FACTOR and ‘The Ladder’ by KIVA to name a few.

As an Art Directior Gary produced ‘The Witches of Redbeard’ for CHRIS MITCHELL and PHIL WOODS, the self titled ‘PINK SHIPS’ and ‘Anything but Blue’ by GAYLE ACKROYD.

Taylor designs have included posters, t-shirts, logos and even hand painted guitars and bass drum heads.

Gary Taylor • Composer
As a composer Gary Taylor has written or co-written eight original CDs of instrumental music: Foreign Correspondence, Pink Ships, Soft Electric, Here and Now, Scary Elevator Music, Blue Telephone, Lucid Dreaming and Passenger. He has also composed music for a documentary film about the 14th Dalai Lama entitled ‘Heart of Tibet’ and for CBC’s long running television series ‘Man Alive.’ Co-writing projects include material for Jani Lauzon’s CD ‘Thirst’ and Kiva’s ‘The Ladder.’ He has also contributed songs to recordings by Mondo Combo, Dianne Heatherington, Channel One and most recently John and the Sisters.

Gary Taylor • Resumé

2005

  • Still photography for the 'Songwriters Series' for Bravo, directed by Daniel Berman - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Still photography a series of smooth jazz artists for the Black Television Network - U.S.A.

  • Cover photography for the debut independent CD by Ray Edge - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Photography for the CD 'Folk Alarm 5' for Poverty Playlist - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Still photography for the 'Solos 2' jazz series for Bravo, directed by Daniel Berman - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Solo photography exhibit at the Agincourt Public Library - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Solo Photography exhibit at the City Hall - Brampton, Ontario, Canada

  • Solo Erotic Photography Exhibition at 'Come As You Are' - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Photography Exhibit at 'Mitzi's Sisters' - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Erotic Photography Exhibit at 'Apartment 58' - Guelph, Ontario, Canada

  • Solo Photography Exhibit at the Windmill Cafe Gallery - Alliston, Ontario, Canada

1976 - 2004

  • 2004 One man photography exhibit at the Brampton City Hall, Brampton, Ontario

  • Photography exhibit at Mezzrow’s, Toronto, Ontario

  • Photography exhibit at Mitzi’s Sister, Toronto, Ontario

  • Photography exhibit at the Mississauga Public Library, Mississauga, Ontario

  • Flux: A juried photography exhibit at the Bluff’s Art Gallery, Scarborough, Ontario

  • Photographic stills for the jazz series ‘Solos’ directed by Daniel Berman and produced by Bravo Television, Toronto, Ontaro

  • Promotional photography for the Toronto Tabla Ensemble.

  • Photography exhibit at Hugh’s Room, Toronto, Ontario

  • 2003 Photography Exhibition – Brampton City Hall, Brampton, Ontario

  • 2003 Cover painting tor the CD ‘I Wouldn’t Change a Thing’ by Sandy Chochinov, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  • Photography Exhibition – Mississauga Public Library, Mississauga, Ontario

  • Photography Exhibition – C’est Cheese, Toronto, Ontario

  • Photography Exhibition – Mezzrow’s, Toronto, Ontario

  • Cover photography and design for the CD ‘Pink Ships’

  • Cover photography and design for the CD ‘Here and Now’

  • Cover photography and design for the CD ‘Passenger’

  • Cover photography and design for the CD ‘Scary Elevator Music’

  • Cover photography for the CD ‘Tell Mama’ by Heather Katz

  • 2002 Cover photography for the CD ‘Skedaddle’ by Folk Alarm

  • 2001 Cover painting for the CD ‘Other Folks’ by Sisters Euclid.

  • Art Direction and layout for the CD ‘Blue Telephone’ with Doug Blais

  • Art Direction and layout for the CD ‘Lucid Dreaming’ with Doug Blais

  • 1998 Cover Painting for the CD ‘The Ladder’ by Kiva

  • 1997 Art Director for the CD ‘The Witches of Red Beard’ by Chris Mitchell and Phil Woods

  • Art Director for the CD ‘Anything But Blue’ by Gayle Akroyd

  • 1996 Cover Painting and Graphics for the CD ‘Strange Attractors’

  • 1994 Art Direction, cover illustration and graphics for the CD New Millennium Orchestra, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1995 Album Cover artwork for ‘Frontier Tunes’ by the Merlin Factor

  • 1993 Art Director and Co-Producer for the CD ‘Soft Electric’ with Ron Reid

  • One Man Show at the Café Bernate, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1990 Album Cover Painting for the CD ‘Dreamsville’ by Earl Seymour and Carlos Lopez

  • 1985 Awarded First Prize in the Acrylic Painting category for the Emerald City Classic Semi-annual Competition for Nepenthe Mundi Society, Wichita, Kansas, USA

  • 1984 International Group Exhibition at the Mussavi Arts Centre, New York, New York, USA

  • One Man Show at the Shuttle Gallery, New York, New York, USA

  • Group show at the Bannam Place Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA

  • 1983 Group show at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, USA

  • ‘Different Realities’ Group show at the Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ontario

  • Group show at the Arts, Science and Technology Centre, Vancouver, BC

  • Independent Artists Exhibition at Village by the Grange, Toronto, Ontario

  • ‘Diverse Works’ at the Travis Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

  • ‘Xeroxable Beauty’, Bellingham, Washington, USA

  • 1982 ‘The Magic Show’ at the Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California, USA

  • A.C.T. Ontario Provincial Touring Show, Collingwood, Ontario

  • Third International Exhibition, Doo Da Postage Works, New York, New York USA

  • Group Show at the Idee Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

  • Contemporary artists Exhibit at the Rails End Gallery, Haliburton, Ontario

  • 1981 Group Show at the Idee Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

  • 1980 Graphics for Juno nominated LP ‘Heatherington Rocks’ for CBS Records

  • 1976 One Man Show at the International Inn, Winnipeg, Manitoba