Download or read book From Realism to Abstraction written by Adriana Davies and published by Art in Profile: Canadian Art a. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly respected as an Alberta artist and teacher, J. B. (Jack) Taylor (1917-1970) is best known for his representational, semi-abstract, and abstract paintings of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Taylor's initial influences were the American landscape painters of the latter half of the nineteenth century. Ultimately, he moved from a more traditional representation of nature to an intuitive perception of the essential elements of landscape - rock, water, and sky - as impacted by light. Rather than presenting mountains in all their majesty, using acrylics and other media, he captured the aura of the mountains in a unique and abstract style.