2019-03-01_American_Art_Collector

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COURTNEY COTTON
http://www.courtneycotton.com
Courtney Cotton is a
professional artist living and
working in Denver. She is
unafraid to express herself by
giving visual expression to
feeling, which is seen in her
collages and paintings. Her
inspiration stems from music,
mindfulness and objects that
give her a visceral reaction.
Cotton’s latest Paper Airplane
Series is a conceptual series
where the paper airplane
is a metaphor for oneself,
emotional intelligence and
seeing things with new
perspectives.
“I was at Anderson
Ranch Arts Center working
in a predominately two-
dimensional, multimedia
series I dubbed
Collection20,” she says,
explaining the origin for
the new works. “Then after
selecting a project from
a prompt list, created by
artist/art educator Paul
Thek (Cooper Union), my
focus started to shift. ‘Make
a large paper airplane and
paint a slogan on it that will
revolutionize your life’ was
my selection, and in lieu of
a slogan, I selected a song
used at the end of Kundalini
yoga practice, Long Time

Sun written by Mike Heron.”
In the series Cotton has been
experimenting with different
ways to prep her canvases, as
well as using pour painting

recipes and techniques she
learned from Canadian artist
Claire Desjardins. Cotton
says, “I enjoy experimenting
with new mediums and styles;

uncovering the methods of
art history’s greats or taking a
workshop with a modern-day
artist both fuel my desire to
create.”

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1
Courtney
Cotton at
Anderson
Ranch. Photo by
Jessi Ramirez.

2
Courtney
Cotton, Paper
Airplane, acrylic
on canvas,
60 x 60"

3
Courtney
Cotton,
Community,
acrylic on
canvas, 24 x 24"

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