![]() ![]() The process is painstakingly detailed and the final results are said to defy the traditional categories of photography, painting, drawing and printmaking. Many of Maggie Taylor’s images are composed of numerous scans of photographic images which are then imported into 100s of layers in Photoshop where she performs her magic and trickery to create her composite artistry. This is a posthumous collaboration we might expect the author would have truly enjoyed.” Thomas Southall, the author of “The Many Faces of Taylor’s Alice” afterword, notes that “ perhaps more than any conventional illustrator or even Dali’s energetic surrealism, Taylor has created a visual counterpoint to Carroll’s writing style, not just illustrations of his story. “Through the Looking Glass” series is a provocative set of images filled with multiple meanings and unanswered questions much like Carroll’s original tales. Dare I say that this book is not for the aesthetically faint-hearted. ![]() Once the last page was turned its cumulative effect on me was awe-inspiring. Maggie Taylor’s art has a 2+2=5 kind of impact. I oscillate between unease when multi-faced Alice impassively stares right back at me and delight when a natural setting of breathtaking beauty is revealed on the next page. Maggie Taylor’s Wonderland is bold and utterly original, a fusion of realism and illusion with an impact that challenges visually and intellectually. ![]()
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