Thinkspace Projects is honored to present Delisha’s Sweet Dreams & Beautiful Nightmares, lining the walls of Gallery III. Focusing on the “BEAUTIFUL MONSTER,” Delisha creates a series of child-like perspectives and narratives.

Pulling influence from Bill Watterson’s comics and Dr. Seuss, Delisha explores children’s dreams and nightmares, their potential, and their sadness. Seeing kids as “little people sorting out their emotions,” she is able to convey their experiences in a breathtaking way, evoking imagination in all of her viewers. 

In this particular body of work, “The “BEAUTIFUL MONSTER” acts as a security blanket to help us navigate life’s problems and tune out the harshness of the world. It’s easier to tune out the judgment, the abuse, the neglect, and doubt while wrapped in the comfort of scarves. A BEAUTIFUL MONSTER manifests from a cold world, and is also a reminder to embrace fear, because you may find comfort in uncovering what’s really there.”

About Delisha
Delisha currently resides on the Westside of Chicago where she creates paintings of child-like perspectives and narratives. Inspired by Bill Watterson’s comics, and the late great Dr. Seuss, Delisha definitely does it for the kids. She speaks of their dreams and nightmares, their potential and their sadness, and would rather view them as “little people sorting out their emotions”, and not just as “children”. Her imagery of children and toys speaks of those experiences hidden in the adult psyche in detail; evoking imagination in us all.