A little more than two years ago I met an Artist and
Environmentalist, Darlene Farris LaBar, at East Stroudsburg University where
she is a Professor of Fine Arts. She was engaging in so many ways, most
important of which was her commitment to her students in the Art
Department…where she was experimenting with 3-D printing.
Her love of nature and her ability to convert her vision
into artistic statements through her large scale Art Installations, which she
designed to transform the viewer’s perception, demonstrated to me her ability
to effect change throughout the world.
Through to today…Darlene has undertaken a process of 3-D
capture which is allowing her to find and copy flora in its natural scape and
save it for the future through its recreation. Her commitment to flora---not
yet gone---but nearing extinction due to human overextension, is making a
statement the world over.
Darlene has exhibited in China, Columbia, Brazil, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, Centre du Louvre Paris, London, and throughout the United
States as she has brought her work forward to inspire others with the
importance of changing the world.
Thank you Darlene, you are proving that each of us can make
a difference.
