An exhibition opening this weekend at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum explores what made Ana Flores an ecological artist.

Flores is based in Rhode Island and Nova Scotia and is a person of many talents — sculptor, ecologist, writer and curator.

“Forest Dreaming: Sculptures and Paintings by Ana Flores” reflects how living at the edge of a forest helped inspire her toward a new type of art. As she said in a statement, “My intellectual and aesthetic bedrock which was once narrowly focused on art history has shifted, earth stories have become the compelling force for my creative work.” 

“Forest Dreaming: Sculptures and Paintings by Ana Flores,” opens Saturday and runs through Oct. 24, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St., New London; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. and 1-5 p.m. Sun.; $12 for adults, $9 for seniors, $5 for students, $7 for active military personnel, and free for kids under 12, for members and for New London residents; (860) 443-2545, lymanallyn.org.