Ray Taylor: Artist, Filmmaker, Storyteller

Faces from the edge of dreams. Stories from the edges of life.

Short bio (temp)

Ray Taylor is a multidisciplinary artist based in the Coachella Valley, known for his ongoing series The Many Faces—a body of work born from the liminal space between dreaming and waking. His paintings explore memory, identity, emotional resonance, and the moments we almost understand.

Alongside his fine art practice, Ray is the creator of The Ray Taylor Show, a long-running multimedia project spanning film reviews, interviews, storytelling, and original creative work. His website, InspiredDisorder.com, hosts a rich catalog of paintings, limited prints, behind-the-scenes process videos, and creative journals chronicling his return to art after a two-year hiatus.

Ray’s work is intimate, instinct-driven, and deeply human.

Exhibitions:
2026 — In Your Dreams, La Quinta Museum, La Quinta, CA
2023–2024 — Independent Releases for The Many Faces (Online)
2015–2022 — Various podcast-related creative showcases and live events (Southern California)
2008–2014 — Inspired Disorder Live / art and multimedia pop-ups

Press Features & Media

The Ray Taylor Show (over 1,000 episodes) — Creator & Host

Featured across YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify
Local features (Coachella Valley creative community)
Upcoming: Behind-the-scenes documentary for new work

Artist Statement

Draft:
My work lives in the quiet space before waking—the moment where a dream is still warm but already unraveling. The Many Faces began as an attempt to capture that fleeting presence, the pulse of something half-remembered. What emerges on the canvas isn’t a portrait but a memory of presence: a flicker of emotion, a shadow of recognition, a moment of truth that disappears the instant you try to define it.

I paint instinctively. Texture becomes breath, movement becomes language, and color (even through colorblind eyes) becomes a feeling more than a choice. I don’t sketch or plan. I let the face reveal itself through layers of motion and intuition. Each piece is an echo—a fragment from somewhere internal, subconscious, or past-life familiar.

My current work explores the boundaries between the seen and unseen: the dreams that follow us into the day, the emotions we bury, the inner stories that shape our identity. I’m fascinated by the way the mind holds on to traces of memory—recognizable, yet impossible to fully retrieve. That tension is where my art lives.

I create because these moments feel worth preserving. Because even a disappearing memory deserves to be seen before it fades.