Taylor Wilshire’s mother was a classical master teacher, “a true artist” as Wilshire referred to her, and her father worked for the United Nations. This might explain why Wilshire is both an executive working in global funding for projects with the UN’s Economic and Social Council and an award-winning illustrator and artist.
“I was born into that environment of having art all over the house,” Wilshire shared.
“I was taught technique. Doodling, painting, drawing, it was just this natural thing, and yet I was really self-conscious about it.”
Wilshire never took her painting serious.
She contributes her self-critical nature to being around classically trained artists and growing up in New York where she was exposed to some of the best galleries and museums. Then Wilshire was discovered. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 