featured artists
At Eric Hedlund Design, we understand that the soul of each project is often expressed through the artistry woven into its framework. Featuring artists across various styles and forms allows us to create spaces that resonate deeply with our clients' visions. Our commitment to collaboration means we draw from a diverse pool of artistic talent, ensuring that each project reflects a unique blend of creativity and sophistication. Whether integrating sculpture into a garden design, commissioning custom artwork for interiors, or engaging local artisans to enhance building façades, our multifaceted approach enriches the narrative of our projects. This dedication to artistry not only elevates the aesthetic appeal but also fosters a meaningful connection between the residence and its inhabitants, ultimately transforming spaces into personal sanctuaries that celebrate individuality and craftsmanship.
FEATURED ARTISTS
“retro downhill,” 96 x 48” mixed media on panel
“motto,” 48 x 48” mixed media on panel
“panamera,” 36 x 48” mixed media on panel
jesse pierpoint
MIXED MEDIA PAINTER
Jesse Pierpoint is a mixed media artist known for his ability to weave reminiscent imagery and symbols into captivating artworks that connect people with their most significant memories. With a profound understanding of the power of nostalgia, Pierpoint creates evocative pieces that resonate deeply with viewers.
“stockholm,” 48 x 48”
ben joyce
PAINTER OF PLACE
ben joyce invites the viewer to transcend their experience of place through a radical new use of structure, form and elements. ben has always felt compelled to share his artistic talents; from a young age, his study of form and space led to a lifelong devotion to art.
While studying fresco, sculpture and color in Florence, Italy, he began his search for a new expressive connection to place. He was struck by the Europeans strong pride of place, and their love of the places they live. During this time, he mainly painted traditional landscapes, from the street perspective capturing only what was in front of him. But he saw Florence happening all around. He asked himself “How can I create a landscape that allows the viewer to connect to a place in its entirety?” He realized, by painting from a birds-eye vantage point, and connecting the viewer to the recognizable lines of that place, the individual would recreate all the experiences to that location.
“chalkboard,” 54 x 48” acrylic on canvas
kristen larsen moore
The Pittsburgh-born Colorado mom has much art-world experience: She opened and ran two Colorado galleries, now works as a country club designer, and, as often as life allows, paints in her basement studio in the company of girl-heavy Spotify mixes.
Her work is a happy accumulation of figurative forms, feisty humor, folk art elements, bits of Picasso, and lots of bold color. Pink ponytails, yellow horses, a well-dressed blue doll that has “How you doin’ doll?” written in the background—these are trademarks of the Moore vernacular.
Moore earned her BFA in painting and photography at CU in Boulder and spent time studying in Florence during her 20s. “That is where I fell in love with art itself,” she says, “along with bucatini carbonara, fine leather shoes, and an Italian waiter named Roman.”
Eventually she packed her fine shoes, said ciao to Roman, and returned stateside to settle in Colorado. “Under that huge expanse of blue sky, I found that I was free, and my creative side emerged full force.”
tanden launder
MIXED MEDIA AMERICANA ARTWORK
A multi-medium artist from North Idaho, Tanden has explored creativity through various outlets, from leather goods manufacturing and small retail to the restoration of old buildings. Now established as a contemporary western artist, he focuses on crafting visual biographies that celebrate the iconic West and its heroes.
At the heart of his artistic process is what he calls "the draw"—the element that captivates at first glance and gradually reveals deeper details upon closer inspection. Viewers may find themselves absorbed in a 1930s newspaper clipping or exploring the striking contrast of mixed media techniques. The goal is to create artwork that seamlessly integrates into a space while continuously unveiling new facets over time—a true visual biography.
Beyond this primary focus, Tanden also channels creative energy into other artistic mediums, allowing inspiration to flow freely across different forms of expression.
“night sky,” 48 x 96” oil on wood
sydney young
LOCAL COEUR D’ALENE ARTIST
“ava + elliott,” 32 x 54” oil on canvas
René Romero Schuler
ABSTRACT PRIMITIVE
René Romero Schuler is an American painter and sculptor who creates powerful images that speak to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all human beings.
Feminine figures are a constant in Schuler’s art, which she claims is equal parts self-portraiture and depictions of the range of emotions she has experienced. Her challenging childhood imbues her work with an appreciation for the universal yet essentially intimate struggles and triumphs of human existence. In her quest for a feeling of connection, Schuler speaks to global and societal issues that impact us all.
Schuler’s paintings and sculptures are purposely semi-abstract and textured, rendering them open to interpretation by the viewer. Their power lies in the layers of applied materials scraped, carved and incised by hand and the elusive quality of the figures – wholistically beautiful but symbolic of the scars and flaws that shape individuals.
“butterflies” 48 x 48” resin and butterflies
Katherin Kousi
"Katherine is not simply an artist. She is an embodiment of creativity as someone who uses her life as inspiration in all she touches-her children, her dogs, objects found on the beachfront of her home, her sheer desire to transform her environment into one magic world, so that all who meet her immediately want to be a part of her life canvas of inspiration. As a friend she has inspired me for over 15 years and I am in awe of how she embodies and enhances all that she touches and the universes she creates in her multi-layered canvases." -Alexandra Bennett
“porsche,” 36 x 36” automotive paint on foam
Kristina Grace
FINE ART
Kristina Grace is a fine artist who both resides alongside and draws inspiration from the Southern California coastline. Living in Newport Beach has served as a constant source of inspiration for Grace. Her life and work reflect countless hours spent on the sand surrounded by surfers and the culture that comes with it.
Grace’s art is colorful and whimsical, reflecting a joy found in her surrounding environment. Her unique sculptural works are a result of innumerable days spent at a local surf glassing shop, where she honed her interpretation and technique of applying epoxy and polyester resins. While these types of resins are typically used for creating surfboards, Grace has incorporated applications of tinted resins along side small figurines in her art. Surfers, skiers, flowers, butterflies, skulls and horseshoes appear throughout her current body of work.
Her work has been widely exhibited and is in numerous private and public collections.
Michael Snodgrass
ABSTRACT PRIMITIVE
Michael Snodgrass is a Santa Fe based artist whose work is best described as Abstract Primitive with a nod to the Neo-Expressionists of 1980’s New York. His emotionally charged work is included in the permanent collection of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California, the collection of the Carmel Art Institute as well as many private and corporate collections across the United States and Europe.
His work is readily identifiable by the bold use of color, wild, unruly surfaces and primitive figures that disturb or amuse.
“dolce vita,” 51 x 36” oil and media on canvas
“steve drives 911,” 51 x 36” oil and media on canvas
fabian novarino
POP ART
Fabien Novarino was born in 1963 in Chambéry. He spent his childhood in the foothills of the Alps, where his taste for nature and large open spaces developed. From a very early age, his leisure time became occupied by drawing, painting and model making. At the age of seven, his family settled in the south, of which the dazzling light, the climate that was new to him and the wild landscapes influenced his young sensitivity. Already, he knew that “he wanted to be a painter when he grew up”. However, he did not immediately take up the trade of painter. Literary studies lead him to Paris, where he frequently visited museums and attended expositions at the Grand Palace (Grand Palais) where he would exhibit his work ten years later. Fabien Novarino followed a commercial career until the age of 27, when he decided to launch upon an artistic adventure.
“l’etoile,” 48 x 48”
patrick Rousseau
IMPRESSIONIST
My style could be defined as impressionist, not quite figurative, abstract in the touch.
I do urban landscapes despite having settled in the countryside. On the contrary, this environment inspires me with the colors that I put in the Parisian or New York landscapes.
I often paint the rain, it makes the images sparkle and generates shiny floors.
My landscapes are apparently depopulated. Often we only see two characters but there are plenty of others, we can barely see them behind windows, in cars, in a street corner. At least that's what I see in my paintings.
I try to let the colors speak, to transmit through them the scents, the noises of Paris, the meetings with friends, the cries of the children and everything that gives us happiness. If I manage to convey these emotions I am happy.
I also work on characters, anonymous silhouettes in winter gardens. Those who take their time looking at life without hurrying too much, with a little melancholy, making up for lost time, crunching each moment as if it were unique.
I think it’s kind of myself who would like to blend into this garden, one day not too far away I’ll do just that.
“evening in the city,” 40” x 40” medium oil
Daniel castan
FRENCH ARTIST
Born in 1959 in Dordogne France, Daniel started drawing at an early age and sharpened his skills as a graduate from the Fine Arts School in Bordeaux. After graduation, he worked as a graphic designer, creating his own company and working for clients such as UNICEF, Pierre Balmain and the UN. At age 40, he began to question his move away from art, and a meeting with the painter Pierre Doutreleau gave rise to his desire to live his dream of becoming an artist.
Daniel chooses to paint with alkyd oils, which are worked like traditional oils, but whose bonding allows for accelerated drying, which fits his temperament. Once the painting is finished, he applies thick layers of gloss varnish to reinforce the brightness of the subject. The knife, his tool of choice, allows him to work the material as a paste, in large strokes or to draw in the medium. The choice of this instrument is not accidental, the knife leaves no room for doubt. Daniel is impatient and is guided by gesture. Within minutes the canvas is covered with paint, to which he then adds material which he chisels like a sculpture, and the painting comes to life.
A painter by instinct, Daniel lets the paint lead him to an abstract and uncluttered representation. His approach is not calculated; Daniel does not think, he paints.
“sunrise,” 36 x 54” oil on canvas
dalton HR
LOCAL DENVER COLORADO ARTIST