Jo Taylor - Visual Artist
Jo is an award-winning artist who loves to draw, paint and create. She takes her inspiration from the sights around her and is equally happy using watercolour, acrylic, oil or pastel as well as a variety of other drawing/printing mediums. Jo is passionate about continual growth as an artist and seeks workshops and classes to enrich her skills. She works out of her Melbourne, Bayside studio and participates in a number of art groups and societies, including VAS, AGRA and WSV. Subject matter is diverse. Jo can be equally entranced by the play of light on the landscape as well as the gestures and poses of figurative work. She has received a number of awards/commendations, the most recent being Best Watercolour at GECAG annual show as well as achieving a Highly Commended from judge Fiona Bilbrough at the VAS Summer exhibition. Her work can be seen on Gallery 247, Instagram (jotaylorartist), Facebook (Jo Taylor Art) and Bluethumb.com
Awards and Commendations
2025: Best Watercolour ‘From Inspiration to Creation’ (GlenEira/Cheltenham Art Group exhibition) (Judge:
Vivi Palegeorge)
2025: Selected for VAS Autumn Select Exhibition
2025: Selected for VAS/WSV ‘Poetry of Watercolour’ Exhibiton
2025: Highly Commended – VAS Summer Exhibition (Judge: Fiona Bilbrough)
2024: Honourable Mention & Highly commended – AGRA 50th Exhibition/Robert McCubbin Oil (Judge:
Colin Johnson)
2024: Commended – Mentone Mordialloc Art Group Members Exhibition (Judge: Peter Smales)
2024: Guest Artist ‘Australian Kelpie Muster Art Show 2024’
2024: Selected for WSV “Luminous” Exhibition.
2023: Winner “Isabella De Soyres” Award – Beaumaris Art Group Annual Exhibition (Judge: Clive Sinclair)
2023/24: Bayside Local Exhibition: Three works accepted and exhibited.
2023: People’s Choice Award – Clarice Beckett Art Prize
2023: Highly Commended – VAS student exhibition (Judge: Mark Bagally)
2023: Commended – Hamilton North Rotary Art Show (Judge: Joshua White)
2023: Winner – Best Hobsons Bay Scene – Hobsons Bay Rotary Club Art Show – (Judge: Ted Dansey)
2022: Winner – Portrait section – Casterton Rotary Club Art show – (Oil) Judge: Brett Jarrett
Highly Commended – Casterton Rotary Club Art show – Kelpie section (Oil)
Highly Commended – Casterton Rotary Club Art show – Kelpie section (Oil)
2022/23: Bayside Local Exhibition: Two works accepted and exhibited.
2021: Highly Commended– Sorrento Rotary Art Show (Judge: Ivan Durrant)
2020: Finalist – SBS Portrait Prize
2019: Finalist – SBS Portrait Prize
Winner - Landscape section - Casterton Rotary Club Art Show (Acrylic)
People’s Choice Award – Kelpie Section - Casterton Rotary Club Art Show (Oil)
2018: Ethel Bridgford Award - MMAG Autumn Members exhibition (Oil)
Highly Commended - Portland Rotary Club Art Show (Oil)
Highly Commended - Casterton Rotary Club Art Show (Watercolour)
2016: Very Highly Commended - Mentone Mordialloc Art Gro
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