Artist Statement:

Sameness is identity, and seldom is anything ever the same as anything else. There can only be a relationship when there is difference, and welcoming difference is what life and painting deal with. In this sense I see a painting - like a marriage or a friendship - as a particular relationship that points to the necessity of variation and difference among all creatures and forms in our world.-William T. Oughton

Taylor Oughton is a an award-winning painter and illustrator. He became an illustrator by trade, and built his reputation on his commissions. Oughton's subject matter varies, but nature and wildlife are his primary interests. For more than 40 years, he has illustrated magazines and b...