Artist Bio
Scotti Taylor is an Oceanside, California-based painter who reconceives the balance of beauty and pain in compelling abstracts. Coalescing figuration and abstraction, the colorful works of art invite individuals to contemplate the tragedy and perseverance that often goes overlooked but inevitably makes each of us stronger and more exquisite.
Throughout Taylor’s life, art has remained a constant passion. Starting young by working closely with public school art teachers, then studying Studio Art at the University of Texas at Austin, she eventually immersed herself in the field of Graphic Design with The Art Institute of San Diego. Scotti channeled her skills into careers that allowed her to explore the intersections of her creativity, including her time as the Art Director for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography where she specialized in Scientific Illustration and won National Awards for the monthly member’s magazine she designed for the Birch Aquarium at Scripps.
Now, after two decades of dedicating herself to her family, Scotti has returned to the studio. Taylor’s artistic practice shares her story as a survivor of trauma and substance abuse, her role as a wife and mother, devoted caregiver to her adult disabled daughter, and as a woman navigating the physical and social inaccessibilities of today’s society in a way that evokes empathy and compassion.