About

About the Duck Girl

Cindy Coleman is an artist living in Durango, CO. An illustration graduate of Ringling College of Art & Design, Cindy has worked in various media, including acrylics, oils, colored pencils, watercolors, and now – soft pastels.

“I never thought that I’d be a landscape painter. I don’t know why, I guess I thought it was cliché or something. I spent the first 40 years of my life as a graphic designer and illustrator. In the summer of 2016 I was struck with chronic fatigue and after many distressing months, discovered that I had lyme disease. I wasn’t able to function for a few years and it left me very depressed. When I did finally regain my energy back, I had little interest in the artwork that I had been doing. I had some old pastels that I hadn’t used since college and thought, what the heck. I was hooked. I started painting clouds and scenes from my own photographs. After a few paintings I bought a nice set of pastels and then an even nicer set! Painting gives me an escape. I love the outdoors and painting is a chance for me to try and capture that moment – the mood I was in, the smells, the wind, the sounds, my thoughts – everything about that moment and try to wrap it all into this painting that’s a piece of my soul.”

Cindy is a member of the Pastel Society of America, and frequently exhibits her art in the Four Corners area. She still does graphic design for some of the most amazing clients in the world.

Listen to the radio interview with the 4 Corners Art Forum on KDUR (6/14/21)

Shoutout Colorado Article (5/3/22) | Voyage Denver Article (11/8/22) | Duck Girl Art blog

EVENTS

• March 24-May 12 Art Squirrels Group Show “Emergence” The Smiley Cafe 1309 E. Third Ave. Durango, CO | Opening reception April 5, 5-7pm

• May 19 | 2-5pm Sculpture Garden Opening & Art Sale Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve & Education Center 10451 County Road 39 Mancos, CO

  ARTWORK AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN AND AROUND DURANGO, CO

• Member of the ACC Artist Collective Animas Chocolate & Coffee Company 920 Main Ave. Durango, CO

• Member of Artisans of Mancos 101 Grand Ave. Mancos, CO

• Member of The 9318 Collective 1212 Greene St. Silverton, CO

• Prints on display at the Durango-La Plata County Airport

• Note cards available for purchase at Hermosa Cafe 738 Main Ave. Durango, CO

• Select note cards and prints available in Durango, CO at Honeyville 33633 Hwy 550 and Meadow Market 688 Edgemont Meadows Rd.

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