Artist Courtney Cotton uses the paper airplane as a metaphor for perception—how we navigate inner landscapes, reframe experience, and move toward healing. Each painting invites the viewer to consider perspective as both a personal and shared journey.

This ongoing series serves as a vehicle for social and emotional awareness, rooted in the belief that mental wellness and fitness are essential for building resilience, developing coping skills, and fostering deeper human connection. Through abstraction and gesture, the work creates space for reflection, encouraging individuals to better understand, articulate, and regulate their emotions.

Viewers are invited to bring their own meaning to the paper plane—allowing each piece to become a personal point of connection.

“Fly high—it’s what you were meant to do.”
—Love, Courtney