Denver Artists & Collaborators
To be a Clayton collaborator means to have as big a heart as you have ideas, to be as cutting edge as you are kind, and to want to create intentional community at every turn. What makes our hotel different? Designers, artists, makers, brewers, doers. Retail establishments, cultural spaces, coffee joints, and creative places.
James-Allan Holmes, a Denver-based visual artist, is known for his bold abstract paintings that express his inner life through vivid colors and textured layers. Working primarily in acrylics on stretched canvas or board, he embraces the medium’s quick-drying nature, which supports his spontaneous, inspiration-driven style, allowing each piece to capture creativity in the moment.
Christian Millet, born and raised in Lima, Peru, blends pre-Columbian influences, contemporary art, and street flair. With over 20 years of international experience in art direction and curation, he recently brought his vibrant, evolving work to Colorado. Millet describes his art as “a meditation on daily life—the common ground where you and I can communicate without being present.”
Justin Mencini, an award-winning artist and innovator of sculpted relief fine art, blends his graphic design and fine arts expertise to elevate this three-dimensional medium into the mainstream. Using a custom plaster compound on wood or walls, he meticulously layers, sculpts, and paints each piece through multiple sessions, creating vivid artworks that dynamically emerge from flat surfaces.
Joseph Graves Jr, a Kansas native and multifaceted artist, teaches Visual Arts at Denver South High School. A graduate of the University of Colorado and Denver’s Sturm College of Law, he explores painting, acting, writing, singing, and drawing. Guided by his mantra “Get messy and defy the lines,” Joseph amplifies Black voices and challenges cultural boundaries through vibrant, thought-provoking art.
Kimberly Wolff is a Denver-based fine art photographer known for her contemporary, minimalist interpretations of vintage neon signs, urban scenes, waterscapes, and botanicals. A former professional dancer, her precision and sense of movement shape her clean lines and vibrant compositions. Her award-winning work appears in global collections, hospitality spaces, magazines, national covers, and digital media.
Joy Benenson is a Denver artist who specializes in mixed media artwork using repurposed objects, paint and acrylic. She grew up in Baltimore Maryland and moved west in 2000. She started creating works to donate to non profits as a means to give back to the community in a more meaningful way. Her works are inspired by what she sees in her community as well as what is going on in music and politics. She believes that beauty can be found even in the darkest places and uses her medium to express these ideas.
Sam Wagner, an American artist, explores the balance between structure and disorder through shape, color, and composition. Influenced by bold, unconventional art from the late 1880s–1960s, he challenges traditional perspective and value. Disenchanted by rigid education, he turned to creative experimentation, aiming to evoke subconscious reactions and offer clarity beyond conventional understanding..
Alexa Allen handcrafted the hand formed and painted leather bowl in Clayton hotel rooms and for sale in the retail section. Originally a furniture designer, she discovered her passion for working leather 6 years ago. Her leatherwork has been featured in Martha Stewart Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, 5280 Home Magazine, and Boulder Lifestyles Magazine.
Edie Ure is an incredible self-taught artist. She is the artist behind the botanically dyed pillows in the hotel rooms. She believes; “the process of painting as with music is about flow. Of not believing that mistakes exist. Any move is part of the whole and the creation. It requires a great amount of trust. And diligent work/practice! Art in whichever form is a daily practice for me most of the time. I absolutely love it.”
Fenway Clayworks is the result of a lifelong interest in functional ceramics. You will find his bud vases in OAK Market, Of A Kind and the Rooftop. His mission is simple; to make great pots while simultaneously building a community of potters, chefs, and consumers who are interested in, care about, and conscious of how they consume food. To bring light to not only what you eat, but what you eat off (and out) of.
Emily curated the beautiful planters and bud vases on the second floor Members Club parlors. “Pazful Designs exists in Denver, CO and remains committed to creating art for all people to enjoy, giving back to those in need (both people and animals), and working towards a more sustainable eco-friendly environment.”
Winter Session crafted leather accessories throughout Clayton’s hotel rooms and restaurants. “Our small team of artisans utilizes traditional craft techniques like hand stitching and beveling and newer technologies like laser cutting and industrial machine sewing to produce the entire Winter Session product range in our own storefront workshop in Denver, CO.”
Clayton x Wooly Wax candles and room sprays are available in our retail section. “The Wooly Wax Candles story is a pretty simple one. It started with a strong drive to explore the correlation between taste and scent profiles, and a curiosity about how our sense of smell is perhaps the strongest trigger of memories and emotions.“
Patrick Kane McGregor began with graffiti and lettering, later mastering color theory, anatomy, and technique through decades of billboard painting. Transitioning to brushes and oils, he discovered a passion for portraiture and realism, often blending impressionism and abstraction. Deeply inspired by animals—especially dogs—he paints them with pride and majesty, capturing their vivid presence and living spirit.
Denver based photographer and sculptor Jason Siegel is an accomplished lifestyle photographer specializing in the music and apparel industries. He has garnered significant local and national attention with his anti-violence project entitled “Shoot Portraits Not People” Jason is our Inaugural Artist Member Curator.
From crushing wheels at my family’s recycling business to interning for a couture designer in NYC, my journey shaped Jay Davis Studio. Based in Denver, I create “Art to Wear” handbags and large-scale leather art celebrating color, texture, and storytelling. Explore or commission unique pieces at jaydavisstudios.com or email jaydavisstudios@gmail.com for private appointments.
Representational painter Ron Hicks balances detail and ambiguity, echoing 19th-century French impressionism. To resolve this tension, he focuses on form and light, seeing the world through shapes rather than objects. “Everything is about shape,” he says. Hicks’s expressive brushwork and layered grays create moody, emotional atmospheres that reveal both structure and feeling in his subjects.
Born in Denver, Colorado, Brien Hollowell discovered photography at twenty-two after narrowly avoiding the Aurora theater tragedy. Finding his life’s calling, he studied at the Art Institute of Colorado. Known for capturing movement, beauty, and hair, his clients include Google, NYFW, NBA Dime, and Inc. Magazine. Brien works between Denver and New York, pursuing light-filled storytelling.
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