Elyse Taylor was born in Massachusetts. She lived in San Francisco in the 1960s before picking up and driving cross-country in her Volkswagen to New York City. In Manhattan, while working as a graphic designer, she studied printmaking. Needing more space, she moved to Brooklyn and set up a printing studio to print her own editions. Throughout the 1970s Elyse made and exhibited her prints in many venues.
Elyse became an independent artist in 1980. She began to paint and exhibit her paintings.
In 1993, she began her series "Growing." Susan Josephs of The Jewish Week aptly described the series as following: "Growing becomes both Taylor's autobiography and the story of all women. Whether it's an imitation of her high school yearbook picture or abstract references to the holocaust and the discrimination women face in the work force, Taylor's vibrant, engaging fusion of the personal and universal makes her work stand out."
In 1994, Elyse was commissioned by City Arts to paint a mural entitled, "A Dream Grows in Brooklyn," on the Snapple Distribution Plant in Red Hook. The mural was presented in the "Art with the Community" panel in the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.

Sub-Pages:

• Snapple Mural in Red Hook. (Building torn down for future UPS distribution center.)
• 126+ "Growing" Squares from Elyse's site
• First 15 Paintings I Bought
• 216 "Growing" Squares from a 36" wide card
• Other Artwork (not 16" square) from Elyse's site
• Resume (includes some pictures from shows)

Outside Links:

• Elyse has a page in Brooklyn Museum's Feminist Art Base
• Stairwell Layout in Greenport House

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