Taylor McLendonMixed media artist

From the studio

Notes &
observations.

Newspaper clipping announcing Chris Robinson’s reelection campaign, highlighting his role in acquiring Taylor McLendon’s artwork for permanent display at Gadsden’s Kiwanis Pavilion.

2026-10-30

Something Worth Counting

I never imagined that something I created in my studio would one day become part of an elected official’s list of accomplishments. But there it was.

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2026-10-15

More Than Studios: The Community at Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment

When people talk about Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment, they often mention the studios, galleries, shops, music, or history of the building. All of that matters. But to me, Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment is more than a place where artists work. It is a community of people who show up for one another, share what they know, make room for new ideas, and keep creating together.

Read entry ↗Napoleon is the image that first catches the eye. But this painting is not about revolution or military victory. I used a familiar figure to approach a harder subject: addiction.

2026-10-13

The Return

I keep thinking about the battles that do not end when the fight appears to be over. Addiction can bring people through cycles of struggle, hope, consequence, and return. A person may believe the battle is behind them, only to find themselves facing it again. The people who love them can be pulled into that fight, too, carrying fear, exhaustion, and the hope that this time will be different.

Read entry ↗Two paintings about Indigenous history, assimilation, and what survives.

2026-10-09

What They Took From Us. What They Could Never Take From Us.

These two paintings began with my photographs of Appeal to the Great Spirit, the sculpture by Cyrus Dallin outside the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Read entry ↗Outside my studio at Lowe Mill in Huntsville, Alabama, I painted words attributed to Bette Davis about fighting time, fighting stupidity, and fighting the easy, mediocre way things are normally done.

2026-10-08

I Didn’t Paint It on the Wall for Decoration

I believe in those words enough to put them on the wall. They belong outside the studio because they have everything to do with what happens inside it.

Read entry ↗What They Took From Us by Taylor McLendon incorporates his original photograph of Appeal to the Great Spirit (1909), a bronze sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin outside the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

2026-10-06

What They Took From Us | Sugar Coated

There is nothing quiet about this red. I worked it across the canvas beneath the figure’s outstretched arms, building a surface that feels torn, scraped, and unsettled. I wanted something your eye couldn’t just pass over.

Read entry ↗A quiet studio window filled with collected objects, family keepsakes, tools, plants, and personal artifacts, representing ancestry, memory, creativity, and the generations that came before.

2026-10-05

The Ones Who Came Before Us

I took this photograph in my studio one morning and realized I was looking at much more than a window. I was looking at my ancestors.

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