Being immersed in the intersection of art and nature is a foundational part of my spiritual practice. For me, painting is a process of focused energy and intention; a meditative act as well as a form of resistance. I work primarily in watercolor and ink, but also a variety of other media: oil, embroidery, collage, gouache, acrylic, and digital media. At its core, my art practice is a kind of communion - not in the religious sense, but as a profoundly felt exchange with the natural world. Making art gives me a way to be in an intimate dialogue with the things I love and to alchemize my experiences. Much of the recurring symbolism in my work has been inspired by defining life events: the power of pregnancy and birth, psychedelic states, growing up within patriarchal religion, and deep joy. Through artmaking, I seek to explore beauty and interconnectedness in an open-ended and evolving way and as an act of reverence, curiosity, and wonder.

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Liz Darling is a visual artist from Kansas. With a precise, organized approach and an emphasis on process and exploration, Liz creates symbolic imagery across mediums, examining the dissolution of boundaries between the body, nature, and the unseen. In addition to making art, Liz enjoys traveling, hiking, eating sushi, playing music, mushroom hunting, dog-kissing, and petting stingrays.