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Local artist Jordan Lansing has completed a creative mural on the climbing wall of the new Dolores Community Playground.<\/p>\n
The painting combines fantasy themes and nature scenes with a bridge connecting the two worlds.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne side represents reality and nature, cross the bridge to the make-believe fantasy scene,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Lansing, 14, was commissioned by the Town of Dolores to create the mural. She is a freshman at Dolores High School.<\/p>\n
The castle-style playground was inspiration for the fantasy portion, and the natural beauty of the Dolores Valley was motivation for the other half.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve lived here my whole life and really love the outdoors,\u201d Lansing said.<\/p>\n
A large bald eagle, hummingbirds, bears, fish, rabbits and butterflies come to life against a background of rugged mountains, including the Sleeping Ute range. The Dolores River flows through both worlds.<\/p>\n
The beloved Black Goat of Dolores is shown crossing the stone bridge into the fantasy world. The feral goat was a fixture on the valley hillsides for more than a decade.<\/p>\n
Flying dragons and mermaids are featured along with colorful mushrooms and a landscape of rolling grassy hills with giant pink trees shedding leaves and flowers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis piece means a lot to me. It makes me proud to know it will be here for a long time,\u201d Lansing said.<\/p>\n
She has been interested in art all her life, and learned to paint and draw from her father, Gene Lansing, and Dolores Schools art teacher Kim Sheek.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad does amazing detailed artwork and I learned a lot from him,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n
She also helped to create the mural on the Montezuma Food Coalition building in Cortez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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