By Robert Parker Editor’s note: Renowned Salida artist Mel Strawn passed away on May 17, 2020 at the age of 90. We reached out to local artist and climate activist Robert Parker for his thoughts about this talented and beloved man. Mel Strawn was nationally known as an accomplished non-objective artist and printmaker. He was also known as an art professor at the University of Denver and later in life became a central figure in the art scene in Salida. What is not so well-known is that Mel was a passionate climate activist. He studied the writings of Guy McPherson,…
