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.