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The Beginnings of the Mural

Artist Judy Taylor reflects on the process of creating the Maine Labor Mural.


Nationally recognized figurative and landscape painter Judy Taylor was born in Nebraska, Judy Taylor grew up in the Midwest and moved to New York City in 1985 to study at the New York Academy of Art, the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design. She has studied extensively in Europe. In 1996, she moved to Maine and was an Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park. Since 2002 she has resided full-time on Mount Desert Island in Maine and maintains a studio and conducts workshops in Seal Cove.