Keith Taylor was born in Calgary, Alberta on March 27th 1948. He has worked as a Radio Operator at the Toronto International Airport and as a police officer with the Halton Regional Police Force. He moved to Ottawa in 1981 with his wife Linda and three children. Linda Taylor was born in Alberton, P.E.I on June 1st, 1950. Linda and Keith started a maintenance and cleaning business on P.E.I. in 1979.

After they moved to Ottawa, they continued the business here. Keith started carving in 1984 and is a self-taught carver. Carving songbirds and decoys at first, then in 1981 Linda encouraged him to carve a horse as a Christmas present for their daughter. His interest in carving horses grew and soon led to the carving of full-sized carousel horses. In 2003 Keith and Linda discovered soapstone. It started off with a few small pieces and soon led to the purchasing of different types of stone. Both Keith and Linda carve wood, bark, soapstone (and other types of stone), and offer their carvings for sale. In 2006, Keith applied for and was successful in obtaining his "Métis" citizenship card. He has carved numerous aboriginal style carvings (totems, masks, ect.) and has recently started to paint in acrylics.