A  transplant from New York to Orlando, FL, Toni L. Taylor is a visionary artist whose work travels through the realms of fantasy and mysticism. She feels a special kinship with the mysteries of Ancient Egypt as well as the spirit of Native America. Goddess imagery is also represented powerfully in her collection. She says of her work, “When people view my creations, I want them to feel like they’re taking a bit of a mental vacation… tapping into the ethereal and otherworldly. My desire is to touch some part of their soul allowing them to dream their dreams and stimulate their own imaginations.” Having had no formal training, Toni considers herself ‘life taught’ and her gift a blessing from God-dess/the Universe. She was born to be an artist, beginning at the tender age of 4 with crayons, now with oil and pencil as her preferred mediums. Her professional career began in 1985 with a cover for Heavy Metal Magazine, of which she was an avid collector. Since then she’s worked with various clients such as The Miller Brewing Company, Marvel Comics, Black Enterprise Magazine, MBI ~ Easton Press, Inner Traditions ~ Destiny Books, U.S. Games, PolyGram, GRP, RCA, Island Records, Creative Kingdoms/Magic Quest and Elephant Door scenic design company to name a few as well as catering to collectors.

Toni has taught private art lessons to aspiring students and remains available for beginners and intermediates. Currently she can be found painting ‘live’ at Café Tu Tu Tango in Orlando appearing a few times per month.

Toni is self published with 18 images in print and 24 greeting cards with Astrological, Angelic and Goddess imagery. She includes portraits and custom murals in her repertoire and has exhibited her work at galleries, conventions and festivals from Boston to New Orleans. You are invited to visit her website at www.TLTArt.com. Additional works can also be found on Facebook, Ovation TV, MySpace, Paintings I Love and Orlando Slice. 

Bill Moyers asked of Joseph Campbell,  a scholar,  author and preeminent authority on mythology before his passing, "Who interprets the divinity in nature for us today? Who are our shamans... who interprets unseen things for us?"

Campbell replied, "It is the function of the artist to do this, the artist is the one  who communicates myth for today."

"If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are, if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you all the time." ~ Joseph Campbell

Toni is an example of one who believes in following her bliss!