Karen T. Taylor

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Karen T. Taylor
Taylor on the television set of The Decrypters, Spring 2012
Born	(1952-03-06) March 6, 1952 (age 72) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Forensic Artist Portrait Sculptor Facial Identification Specialist Art Educator and Author
Website	Karen T. Taylor: Facial Images
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Karen T. Taylor ^[1] (born March 6, 1952) is an American forensic and portrait artist who has worked to help resolve criminal cases for a variety of law enforcement agencies throughout the world. Her primary expertise includes composite imagery, child and adult age progression, postmortem drawing and forensic facial reconstruction. In the mid-1980s, Taylor pioneered the method of 2-dimensional facial reconstruction, by drawing facial features over frontal and lateral skull photographs based on anthropological data. Taylor is also well-established as a forensic art educator, fine art portrait sculptor, and specialist in the human face.