Max taylor bahamian artist biography

Discovered as an artist while still a schoolboy, Maxwell Taylor (born 1939, Nassau, Bahamas) was first tutored by Don Russell, and later apprenticing at the fabled Chelsea Pottery as a ceramic designer alongside Brent Malone, Eddie Minnis and Kendal Hanna.

Strongly influenced by the Black Power movement, Taylor's work tackles human rights issues, illustrating momentous events for emancipation, equal rights and job equality. Taylor idealizes a traditional home-life, depicting families sitting around the dinner table over candle-light, powerful female figures and hard-working male figures.

Throughout his career, he has explored themes of despair, celebration and atrocity.

Max taylor bahamian artist biography

Taylor believes that the technique should fit the theme and uses many creative combinations to achieve his vision. He is renowned for his ceramics and paintings, but it is in printmaking that he really excels. He created the Immigration Series using the ancient technique of “cuttin