A Native of Nebraska, Darlis has lived in Colorado since 1975. Prior to that time, she worked primarily as a painter and printmaker. She is listed in Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in the West, and Who's Who of American Women, along with other national and international publications. She has had featured articles in Southwest Art and Elan magazines, and was again profiled in Southwest Art magazine in July, 1999. Her sculpture has been shown with the National Sculpture Society, National Academy of Design, North American Sculpture Exhibits, Allied Artists, Audubon Artists, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Pen and Brush and many others. Some of her many awards include the National Sculpture Society's C. Percival Dietsch Award for a Sculpture in the Round, Pen and Brush's Roman Bronze Award, the Anna Hyatt Huntington Horse's Head Award for Best Sculpture from the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, and the Medal of Honor for Sculpture in the 1998 Catharine Annual Exhibit in New York City and the Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal in 2000. The Medal of Honor was once again awarded in the 2005 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art CLub Annual Exhibit. Memberships have been earned in the North American Sculpture Society, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and Pen and Brush.

"My subject matter is varied, from people and nature to landscapes and still lifes, elusive moments captured in time, real and imagined. The constant inherent thread of continuity is present in its universal content, relating to the common bonds between humankind and nature. These themes are as ancient in philosophy as they are contemporary, as simple as they are complicated. My sculpture is created from personal perceptions and impressions. It is then reperceived through the viewer, giving added life and meaning based upon the completely different experiences that are brought to the work. This, to me represents a form of completion in the artistic circle."