I created this watercolor illustration, a bird's-eye view of Acoma Street in Denver's Golden Triangle, to celebrate the groundbreaking for the inaugural 5280 Trail construction. The 5280 Trail is envisioned as a 5.28-mile urban trail loop around downtown Denver, transforming existing streets into space for people walking and rolling, and for exploring our city in a new light.
Since moving to Denver's Golden Triangle neighborhood in 2021, I have been involved with the 5280 Trailblazers committee and now serve as co-chair of the Golden Triangle segment. The 5280 Trail has been central to my educational, professional, and personal history in Denver. I’ve planned and executed three neighborhood events, reviewed countless development and streetscape site plans, designed a demonstration project, navigated political roadblocks, and served as a stakeholder on numerous committees.
Acoma (ACK-uh-muh) is named after an ancient Native American pueblo in western New Mexico. The Pueblo sits on a 365-foot mesa, approximately 60 miles west of Albuquerque. The community has lived on the Pueblo for more than 1,200 years. When creating this piece, I thought about the protection and views that living on a vista offered the tribe. As humans, we are drawn to views, evolutionarily surveying scenes for threats while also seeking moments of humanity and joy.
The second in my Bird’s-Eye Streets collection, this piece takes recognizable, iconic landmarks like the Denver Art Museum, the Denver Central Library, the Evans School, Republic Plaza, and the downtown skyline and renders them in intricate, loving detail. Inspired by my love of miniature worlds, tilt-focus lens photography, and my own 15-story view I look out from every day, I see the familiar from a new perspective, with almost childlike whimsy and playfulness.
The illustration is created with digital watercolor, using 22,000 pen strokes in all. The process took 12 hours from start to finish, with each moment hand-painted with love, thoughtfulness, and care.
Museum-quality posters made of thick matte paper. Each poster is printed with multicolor, water-based inkjet printing technique that yields brilliant prints to brighten up any room.
Paper thickness: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm)
Paper weight: 189 g/m²
Opacity: 94%
ISO brightness: 104%
Paper is sourced from Japan
I created this watercolor illustration, a bird's-eye view of Acoma Street in Denver's Golden Triangle, to celebrate the groundbreaking for the inaugural 5280 Trail construction. The 5280 Trail is envisioned as a 5.28-mile urban trail loop around downtown Denver, transforming existing streets into space for people walking and rolling, and for exploring our city in a new light.
Since moving to Denver's Golden Triangle neighborhood in 2021, I have been involved with the 5280 Trailblazers committee and now serve as co-chair of the Golden Triangle segment. The 5280 Trail has been central to my educational, professional, and personal history in Denver. I’ve planned and executed three neighborhood events, reviewed countless development and streetscape site plans, designed a demonstration project, navigated political roadblocks, and served as a stakeholder on numerous committees.
Acoma (ACK-uh-muh) is named after an ancient Native American pueblo in western New Mexico. The Pueblo sits on a 365-foot mesa, approximately 60 miles west of Albuquerque. The community has lived on the Pueblo for more than 1,200 years. When creating this piece, I thought about the protection and views that living on a vista offered the tribe. As humans, we are drawn to views, evolutionarily surveying scenes for threats while also seeking moments of humanity and joy.
The second in my Bird’s-Eye Streets collection, this piece takes recognizable, iconic landmarks like the Denver Art Museum, the Denver Central Library, the Evans School, Republic Plaza, and the downtown skyline and renders them in intricate, loving detail. Inspired by my love of miniature worlds, tilt-focus lens photography, and my own 15-story view I look out from every day, I see the familiar from a new perspective, with almost childlike whimsy and playfulness.
The illustration is created with digital watercolor, using 22,000 pen strokes in all. The process took 12 hours from start to finish, with each moment hand-painted with love, thoughtfulness, and care.
Museum-quality posters made of thick matte paper. Each poster is printed with multicolor, water-based inkjet printing technique that yields brilliant prints to brighten up any room.
Paper thickness: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm)
Paper weight: 189 g/m²
Opacity: 94%
ISO brightness: 104%
Paper is sourced from Japan
