When Stu Ogilvie of Ogilvie Properties wanted to rebuild and re-brand an old 1970's office building in Denver into TOWER COLORADO he contacted Chris Krieg. Working with frequent art and design collaborator David Conger of David Conger Studio several art mural options were developed for him to consider. The dramatic and tension-filled Free Climber ultimately was chosen because it fit well with the design mission, architecture and challenging dimensions of the wall - 150 feet tall by 40 feet wide. The project sailed through the Denver Arts and Venues mural design review permit process because it was recognized as a celebration of a major outdoor Colorado sport. The Free Climber mural is literally visible for miles and has quickly become a major beloved icon of the Denver skyline.
Continuum Partners are the Master Developers of the major 9th and Colorado redevelopment project in Denver. Continuum is reintegrating the former 26-acre University of Colorado Health Sciences Center campus into the surrounding neighborhood by blending apartments and townhomes with retail, offices and new public green spaces. Working with John Grant of Public Art Services, artist Kevin Sloan’s mural design entitled Breakable Bear was enlarged and hand-painted by Altitude Murals on the facade of the parking structure adjacent to the Theo Apartments on busy Colorado Boulevard. The huge, 65 foot by 65 foot mural adds beauty, color, life and a bit of whimsy to the project. Kevin Sloan’s work explores the relationship between the natural and human-made world. His paintings, often symbolic, deal with recurring paired themes such as fragility and strength, wonder and sorrow, and loss and resiliency.
When the internationally famous Crush Walls mural festival in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood asked Chris and Will Krieg to participate they wanted to produce a work that was authentic and rooted in the neighborhood. They choose to work with Eutimia Cruz Montoya who is an integrative holistic physician and grew up nearby. She is a licensed acupuncturist, body worker, herbalist, birth attendant, cantadora, danzante, real foods advocate and food systems educator. Descended from New Mexican and Mexican curanderos, Eutimia learned their healing ways in her home. Her continued study and practice of secular indigenous medicinal modalities, including that of her curanderismo roots, will be life-long. Eutimia's eyes track you as she watches the ever-evolving human experience that passes under her gaze.