Darla Slee: FLORA AND FAUNA

Cottonwood Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a solo exhibition for the month of October by local artist Darla Slee: FLORA AND FAUNA.

From the Artist:

As a child, I always wanted to go on an adventure. One in which I would travel to distant lands (or the distant past), encounter a bit of danger, and meet fantastical creatures. Since these things aren’t easily done by children, I turned to my imagination to escape from the ordinary and spent many hours drawing and making paper toys for myself. These early pastimes engendered in me a lifelong passion for creating. As an adult, I find inspiration from folklore, history, speculative fiction, music, and the Colorado landscape. I endeavor to create fantastical realms with fun characters in order to delight, provoke thought, or leave the viewer feeling unsettled.

This show explores the range of moods one might experience when encountering our local, natural landscape. Sometimes delightful and pretty, other times odd and menacing, one finds something intriguing at every turn.

Photo credit: Darla Slee - Muscoco Summit