Biography
Roland Taylor is an Arawak wood carver, from St. Cuthbert's Mahaica River, Region 4, Guyana. Taylor was one of the first carvers to use ebony or banya wood in carving totem pole figures and animal forms such as snakes, frogs, birds, and shaman figures. Forest spirits, the shaman, and the transformations from an animal to human form are Amerindian themes that occur in Taylor''s works.
Brief biography
wood carver (active circa 2003)