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- Karen T. Taylor
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Karen T. Taylor is a portrait artist who worked as a forensic artist for over eighteen years in Austin, Texas. She attended the School of Fine Arts at the University of Texas and the Chelsea School of Fine Art in London, where she was also a freelance portrait sculptor for Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. Her forensic artwork for law enforcement agencies and FOX television’s America’s Most Wanted has involved a variety of art services to aid in the apprehension and conviction of criminal offenders or promote the identification of unknown deceased persons. Her work has been featured on FOX, ABC, CBS, the BBC, CNN, Court TV, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and Telemundo. Popular CBS crime drama CSI: created a forensic artist character based on Taylor. Taylor was named one of the Texas Women of the Century in 1999 for her contribution to law enforcement, and in 2002 she was the first woman to be honored with the prestigious John A. Dondero Award by the International Association for Identification for her “significant and valuable contribution in the area of identification and allied sciences". Taylor is the author of Forensic Art and Illustration, and has a second book forthcoming, Understanding the Human Face. Taylor accepts forensic art and fine art commissions through her studio, Facial Images, in Austin, TX.
Visit this artist's websiteCourses Karen T. Taylor teaches:
05/10/10
'Forensic Art: Advanced 2-Dimensional Identification Techniques'
INT-ADV levels
Drawing, Forensic, Lecture
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'Forensic Art: Comprehensive Composite Drawing'
BEG-ADV levels
Drawing, Forensic, Lecture
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