Ben Darling "Artist of the Month" March 11 - April 8

ARTIST OF THE MONTH IS BEN DARLING
BenDarling has been selected as the current Cheyenne County Artist Guild Artist of the Month.
His work will be on display at the Cheyenne County Community Center and the Sidney Public
Library through April 8, 2012.

A Sidney resident since 1997, Mr. Darling is the middle school and upper elementary art teacher for Sidney Public Schools. Darling also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Sidney Campus of WNCC, offering courses in painting and drawing. He has had numerous residencies with the Nebraska Arts Council Artist in the Schools and Communities program and toured shows with the Nebraska Touring Program. In 2004 he received a Masters Degree in Education from UNK.

Darling is known for his landscape paintings which are in many private and public collections.The appeal of the changing light and interaction between the weather and the land keeps him out and looking for new work. Ninety percent of the time his work

is started on location.Sketched in with oil paint on canvas, the paintings are then completed in the studio. His recent drawings are of local wild flowers, generally started from life and finished in pastel and colored pencil. He also does theatrical painting for Way OutWest, and has helped with the High School musicals and One Act plays as a scenic artist. 

With some of his spare time, makes hand built pottery, most often using the coil and paddlemethod. Darlingalso enjoys bicycling, backpacking, hiking and gardening.