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30' high playground sculpture resembling stand of Aspen trunks with large nest and leaf canopy in upper area and smaller nest swing in lower area. Upper area is accessible via an enclosed stairway. Placement on 16th Street pedestrian plaza in downtown Denver.

Sean Orlando

Fabricator; Media Arts: 3D Modeler; Mixed Media; Sculptor; Visual Artist; Immersive Art, Public Art, Placemaking

Oil painting of a European street scene with an "Europa" sign above a second-floor balcony where a couple is embracing, with a jazz trio playing below.

Yi Ding

Painter

Monique McCoy

Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Performance Art; Spoken Word

Tajanique Bell

Literary Arts: Poet; Spoken Word; Visual Artist

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Kimberly Antoinette

Fashion Designer; Fiber Artist; Mixed Media; Painter; Storyteller; Visual Artist

Kimberly A. Ross (p/k/a Kimberly Antoinette) is a multidisciplinary artist and fashion designer whose work bridges visual arts with fashion design. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Apparel Design & Merchandising from San Francisco State University...

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John Barry

Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Mixed Media; Performance Art; Visual Artist

An author and editor by profession, I started producing visual puns with found objects in the 1990s. In 2011, I developed a technique I called trAction Painting–because of the need for traction and as an homage to Action painting. Using this...

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Brian Conery

Mixed Media; Painter; Photographer; Sculptor; Visual Artist

Brian has a BA in Painting from CSU Chico, where he grew up, identifying as an artist from an early age. He began painting at 12 and was selling his work by age 15. He also spent a year studying illustration at Art Center College of Design in...

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Mark T Ebner

Sculptor

There is nothing so amazing as to watch two pieces of steel heat to over 2,200 degrees, glow red, become fluid and then join into one piece. That’s the art of gas welding and forging. Mark T Ebner works as an abstract sculptor, utilizing...

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Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Muralist; Painter; Visual Artist

Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez is an award-winning visual artist and long-term resident of Richmond, CA. Her interest in the visual arts began early, at a magnet school for the arts and the Art Students League of San Juan. She earned a BFA at the University...

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lee gorton

Fiber Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Mixed Media; Storyteller; Visual Artist

A childhood of drawing Batman and dragons led to art school of drawing slightly less Batman, but even more dragons had led to jobs as a store artist for Tower Records, illustrations for local bands, zines, comics, and now as an instructional aide...

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Saira Grube

Ceramics; Mixed Media; Painter; Sculptor; Visual Artist

I am a Concord California based ceramic artist and a member of the Martinez Art Association. I create wheel thrown, hand carved, one of a kind pieces. I gravitate towards creatures of all kinds and botanical motifs in my work. I also create...

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Erin McCluskey Wheeler

Instructor; Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

Erin McCluskey Wheeler is a painter, collagist, writer, curator, and teacher based in Richmond, CA. Erin works in many series at once and across disciplines in painting, collage, works on paper, prints, essays, and poetry. There is always a careful...

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Marsha Mees

Mixed Media

“I have no special talents. I am only persistently curious.” Albert Einstein. My art is an exploration of intuition, energy, and transformation. As an Intentional Creativity Teacher, Reiki Practitioner, and Yoga Nidra Facilitator, I approach...

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Hector Menares

Mixed Media; Painter

Hector Andres is a visual artist born in Santiago, Chile and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. Now based in Richmond Bay Area, California. He creates bold urban art that fuses street culture with mixed media and inlaid patchwork techniques. His artistic...

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Sean Orlando

Fabricator; Media Arts: 3D Modeler; Mixed Media; Sculptor; Visual Artist; Immersive Art, Public Art, Placemaking

Sean Orlando is a sculptor and cultural project manager focused on experiential and immersive artwork that shapes our shared civic spaces. Orlando is the founder of Engineered Artworks, a public placemaking firm; Artifact Logistics, a fine arts...

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Les Phillips

Mixed Media; Painter; Sculptor; Visual Artist

Born in Portland Oregon, I came to San Francisco in the early 1980s to study art and have resided in Contra Costa County since the early 2000s. My work is in private collections and trashcans worldwide.

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Patricia Pintner

Mixed Media; Painter; Sculptor

Born in Los Angeles, I have lived in the Bay area for over 30 years and in Richmond since 2005. I am drawn to the variety and potential of different materials, natural and man-made, and how they can be combined and reassembled to create thought...

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Jane Russell

Glass Artist; Jeweler; Mixed Media; Visual Artist; mosaicist

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since retiring as a school psychologist, I have found delight in learning about and creating mosaic art. I was first introduced to mosaics in 2010 when I took a workshop, which was followed by many more...

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Tatyana Ryevzina

Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

I draw and paint using water media and recently have been enjoying making collages with painted paper and recycled catalogs. My artwork is inspired by nature and my own intuitive process around color and composition. I have been making art since...

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Kaci Smith

Fiber Artist; Handweaving; Mixed Media; Visual Artist

Kaci Smith is a multi-disciplinary artist specializing in two dimensional mixed media with a distinct emphasis on collage, and weaving. Born and raised in a small town in central New Jersey, Kaci has been a resident of California’s vibrant Bay...

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Donna Ward

Mixed Media; Painter; Photographer

Growing up in Pleasant Hill and the surrounding cities of Martinez, Concord, Walnut Creek, Clayton and Pittsburg, Contra Costa County has always been home. I left the area soon after high school to attend college and explore the Santa Cruz and...

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