Raymundo Muñoz

Printmaker Raymundo Muñoz will spend his residency highlighting the awe-inspiring beauty, richness and diversity of native tree species. Using a variety of printmaking media including linocuts, monotypes, stencils and chine collé, Muñoz will create works seeking to bridge humankind’s inner nature with the natural world. 

About the Artist

Raymundo Muñoz was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, but Denver has been his home since 1999. He is a self-taught printmaker who finds endless inspiration in the natural world. He believes that art is a bridge, and that its greatest function is to connect people across time and space.

Maeve Eichelberger

Maeve Eichelberger will spend her residency creating a collection of botanical illustrations depicting native plants, each hand-etched on acrylic saddle sculptures. Currently at work on a series about water in the West, Eichelberger plans to highlight the resilience and vulnerability of plant life growing near Colorado’s rivers.

About the Artist

Maeve Eichelberger was born and raised on a ranch in Larkspur, Colorado. Inspired by formal design principles, Maeve honors the history of the West by interpreting it through layered sculptures infused with nostalgia and beauty.

Catherine Owens

Catherine Owens creates detailed botanical illustrations of plants lit by moonlight, drawing with thousands of tiny white dots stippled onto black paper. Interested in studying and depicting dye plants endemic to the Rocky Mountain region, Catherine Owens plans to spend her residency drawing and conducting research at the Janice Ford Memorial Dye Garden at Chatfield Farms.

About the Artist

Catherine Owens began making art on chalkboards, where her interest in texture and depth led her to experiment with different media. She often draws with ultra-fine pens and a magnifying glass to create her ethereal moonlit artworks, and her practice has- recently expanded to include watercolors and natural dyes.  

Kelsey Wilson

Kelsey Wilson will explore low- and no-maintenance plants in a series of watercolor botanical illustrations. Through careful study and depiction, Wilson plans to illustrate plants that can be used in home gardens and landscaping. Through her art, she hopes to inspire people to replace monoculture lawns with ecofriendly gardens.

About the Artist

Originally from a small town in Iowa, Kelsey Wilson is an active member of the American Society of Botanical Artists and shares her techniques through teaching at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, IA and the Octagon Center for the Arts, IA. Wilson has participated in art fairs across the country, including the Iowa Arts Festival, IA, Vail Fine Arts, CO, and Lawrence Art in the Park, KS.  

Jaime Molina

Jaime Molina’s practice encompasses a variety of works and media, including large-scale murals, sculpture and multimedia paintings. Inspired by the plants and wildlife thriving in his backyard, Molina will explore the role of native plants in urban landscapes. During his residency, he hopes to create a dialogue between people, place and nature.

About the Artist

Based in Littleton, CO, Jaime Molina has exhibited work and installed murals nationally and internationally. These projects include a year-long installation, Past the Tangled Present at the Denver Art Museum, a monumental sculpture commissioned by the city of Denver in Barnum Park called La Valeta and a permanent installation in Meow Wolf’s Convergence Station.