2023 MURAL PROJECT ARTISTS:
Aerica Raven
she/her
Aerica Raven's multidisciplinary career is marked by murals, illustrations, and immersive environments. Her work is guided by a deep-seeded desire to decipher the maelstrom of the preconscious mind, and to normalize candid discussion surrounding mental health. Endlessly fascinated with the human experience, Aerica strives to share the beauty in even our ugliest emotions, and to always reward curiosity with depth, detail, and wonder.
Painting @ Odell Brewing Company Wine Project | 800 E. Lincoln Ave
Adden Joule he/him
Adden Joule is a full time muralist, sculptor, and jeweler based in Denver, Colorado. His work can be found around the world, most notably in Europe, Indonesia, and Central America, and he has public works scattered across the US. He is the founder of an internationally recognized jewelry and sculpture brand known as Project Street Gold and has worked with world renowned muralists and graffiti writers to create limited edition series of cast metal sculpture.
Painting @ The Lyric | 1209 N. College Ave
The Designosaur
she/her
The Designosaur (Julia Williams) is an artist, muralist, illustrator, and Colorado native. Her work takes inspiration from festival culture, nature, and dance influences, and often includes strong female figures, animals, neon colors, and space. She strives to create artwork that feels otherworldly and invokes a sense of wonder and mystery for the viewer.
Painting @ Myrtle Flats | 125 East Myrtle
Kate Fitzpatrick she/her
Kate Fitzpatrick is a visual artist based in Colorado. She graduated from the Savannah College ofArt and Design and has a background in film, writing, and illustration. She developed her own language of symbols that she incorporates into her paintings to express her sense of wonder at this world which holds so much beauty and so much brutality all at once.
Painting @ The Lyric | 1209 N. College Ave
Rorey King they/them
Rorey grew up going to church in the woods of Lawrence, KS and has been drawing since parent-mandated quiet time and indoor recess. They are a self-taught and friend-grown artist most excited about creating to learn and exploring art as a medium for community engagement, connection and healing. Frequently switching up their scale, medium and subject matter, they enjoy the DIY lessons in craft as well as pursuing, processing, and integrating new information about identity, ecology, feminist theory and social histories, and how all of it (all of us) are connected.
Painting @ Equinox Brewing | 133 Remington St.
Courtney Dore she/her
Courtney Dore is an artist working locally in Fort Collins, CO. She runs a small business out of her home called Codo Prints. Her work focuses on use of simple shapes, bright colors and tailored line art that give her art a fun and retro appearance. She enjoys working in several mediums including printmaking, digital art and painting. She hopes her art can bring joy and a sense of community to the world.
Painting @ Incycle | 202 W. Laurel
Danielle & Brody SeeWalker she/her | he/him
Danielle and Brody SeeWalker are Hunkpapa Lakota citizens of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and currently reside in Denver, CO. Brody has grown up surrounded by art and creativity his entire life but has found a connection to murals and street art. He has been learning and assisting his mom with her murals over the past few years but this will be the first official collaboration between this mother-son duo. Danielle is a multidisciplinary artist, muralist, writer, businesswoman, Commissioner of the Denver American Indian Commission and most importantly, a mother. In her artistic practices, Danielle works across disciplines to explore the intersections of Native American stereotypes, microaggressions, and colonialist systems,both historically and in contemporary society. Drawing on au courant color palettes, expressionistic art strategies, and her Lakota traditions, SeeWalker spins her work into a contemporary vision to elevate historical perspectives as told from the side not often heard.
Painting @ On The Edge Tuning | 903 N. College Ave
A L Lummus she/her
A.L. Lummus is a seasoned full-time artist with a profound passion for exploring the depths of
human identity through the lens of "glitched" realism. With ten years dedicated to honing her
craft, Lummus has carved a unique artistic path, using repeating squares to reveal the
intricacies and complexities that define who we are as individuals, and as a society. Specializing in acrylics as her medium of choice, Lummus
masterfully wields monochromatic tones to create hauntingly evocative artworks that capture the
essence of her subjects.
Painting @ 327 Remington
Shana Leaf she/her
“Color is a power which directly influences the soul” -Wassily Kandinsky
This work titled “Colors of the Soul" is a vibrant visual representation of the diversity in humanity. We were all created with a soul that was intentionally and uniquely designed. We are given the ability to be expressive in how we represent ourselves, exuding a countenance that can be seen and felt, much like color. These expressions of “types” of people are abstractly represented here by a variety of shades of color. What is the color of your soul?
Here is my artist statement/bio:
Shanah Leaf is a mural artist and art educator living in the Colorado Springs area. She graduated in 2018 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from UCCS where she played for the NCAA Division II women’s basketball team. She has been creating on wall spaces in her community ever since, and intends to continue to find opportunities to expand her work outside of the Colorado Springs and Denver area. She currently teaches middle school art in District 20 where she finds purpose in inspiring students with her current creations, and helping them develop skills and techniques to begin to find their own voice as a young artist.
Painting @ 327 Remington
Christel Perkins she/her
Christel Perkins is an artist and tattooer based in Fort Collins, CO. While in pursuit of her BFA in Painting at the RMCAD in Denver, the subject of her paintings were mostly portraiture and figurative. This fascination with the human form and the expression of the individual and collective experience of inhabiting a body eventually (in retrospect, naturally) led to an interest in tattoos and tattooing. Tattoos have the capacity to make visible the invisible self, to allow a person to claim their own body and express their identity. In parallel, we have forever made marks on ourselves and on walls as a means of communicating the culture to which we belong, and our place within it. Christel also draws inspiration from animals, fables, and art history. She enjoys telling stories about the human experience through images, whether on an intimate or universal scale.
Painting @ On The Edge Tuning | 903 N College Ave
David Swartz he/him
David Swartz is a Denver based artist and muralist. His work uses animals while playing with scale, color, and movement to portray emotional narratives with a dash of humour. Depicting universal human experiences to encourage connection, focusing on what we all share rather than what separates us.
Painting @ The Comedy Fort | 167 N College Ave
Dan Levinson he/him
Dan specializes in history-themed mural designs. This includes portraiture as well as narrative story-telling. Dan’s style is a blend of abstract realism. The work tends to be monochromatic with pops of color. Projects show a diverse range of content/style/scale depending on the context. Often represented are subjects from history. He loves the process of working on large walls, bringing history to life and making the work relevant to the public.
Painting @ The Lyric | 1209 N. College Ave
Markus Puskar he/him
Markus’ practice is centered around the observation and replication of organic forms. The forms he paints and draw are taken from the movement of the natural world; whether it be the path that water follows, the floating of a leaf, or the way that a flower grows and fills empty space. Each movement presents a rhythm and a harmony that Markus attempts to bring out in linework and mark making. By utilizing repetition of organic forms and movement, he hopes to create a living, breathing quality to his work, whether it is an abstract work or a landscape. Markus avoids using reference photos or guides in his work, forcing the impressions he is left with by our dynamic world to guide what he creates.
Painting @ Bas Bleu Theatre Company | 401 Pine St
Max McGuigan
Max is 20 year veteran in the art of graffiti. Originally from Providence, RI Max moved to Fort Collins last year to support his girlfriend at Vet school at CSU. He loves letter forms but in the last ten years has branched out into making other works of art that still encapsulate the energy and aesthetic of graffiti. Max experiences a lot of self doubt like most artists do but just continues to make happy accidents until he sees soemthing he likes in front of him.
Painting @ On The Edge Tuning | 903 N College Ave