Taylor Fruits is a self-taught, mixed-media artist. His love for drawing and painting began at a very early age, perhaps informally influenced by his parents' educational and professional pursuits and frequent visits to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Taylor’s childhood fascination with nature, and animals of all sorts, both real and imagined contributed to his free-form manifestation of color, line, and patterns. His insatiable energy to draw and his exploratory approach to materials continued into adulthood, utilizing any refuse or discarded surface to paint, glue, scrape, etc. as a means of artistic expression. The work presented at 411 Gallery contains selected works on paper, coffee filters, cardboard, and canvas, and may include sand, shipping labels, or other non-traditional materials.