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Dell Kinyon Taylor (1933–2024) spent his life creating a highly interconnected body of work spanning painting, jewelry, stained glass, photography, textiles, sculpture, and thousands of handmade objects. The connections are incredible and story’s are individual.
Rather than treating these as separate disciplines, he approached them as parts of a larger whole. Objects appear within paintings he made and can still be found elsewhere in the house. Materials reappear decades later in completely different works. Ideas move throughout the collection over the course of a lifetime.
The work has remained completely outside traditional gallery, museum, and commercial systems. He never sold work- he simply gave it as gifts to who he loved. A substantial portion of the collection remained together in the environment where it was created until his death in 2024.
As the collection is being documented, photographed, and preserved, I have become increasingly interested in understanding where it fits within broader art-historical conversations surrounding artist-built environments, visionary worlds, outsider art, self-contained creative ecosystems, and interdisciplinary practice.
I would be interested in hearing from historians, curators, archivists, collectors, and researchers.
Are there artists, environments, collections, or preservation projects that you believe offer meaningful comparisons?

For those asking where to see more:
The collection is currently being documented, photographed, and preserved.
There are no dedicated social media accounts for the project.
Additional photographs, journal entries, and ongoing discoveries are being shared through

thegreatkinyonDOTcom