WHERE ART SHAPES THE EXPERIENCE

The work of Orit Fuchs is featured in the lobbies of Nantucket and Palm Beach, and we’re continuing that tradition in Aspen. Orit’s work in Palm Beach is known as The Lady of the House. While working on Nantucket, we wanted to welcome guests with an equally iconic lady, which resulted in the large commissioned piece for that location. But who would be the Aspen woman? She is a skier, but she also embodies cowgirl culture and the outdoorsy-ness of summer. The result? A commissioned triptych of a skier, a cowgirl and a fly-fisher. We can’t wait for you to meet her in person.

^{Works: Skier, Fly-Fisher & Cowgirl. Gallery First Floor} 

Self-taught Oklahoma artist, Peterson is recognized as the first African American ever to receive the title Artist of the Year in Southwest Oklahoma. In 2023, the United States Postal Service featured the artist’s portrait of author Ernest J. Gaines on the 46th Forever Stamp in their Black Heritage Series.

^{Works: Red Horse, Lola 41, Blue Horse, Lola 41 & Dorothy Dandridge (Digital), 41 Below} 

Local Aspen photographer, also known for Ralph Lauren projects. His work will appear behind the lobby desk—full moon over Maroon Bells in winter, switched seasonally for spring. Creates a “window into Aspen".

^{Works: Maroon Bells Summer & Winter, Lobby/Concierge Desk} 

American contemporary whose colorful paintings confront her daily visual experience.  As a city dweller, Seiler exists within an overflowing urban grid.  The paintings strip down and reassemble those forms, like the destruction and rebuilding constantly taking place in her environment.  With a background in graphic design, Seiler moves freely between the screen and the hand. Often beginning with a drawing before reworking the piece digitally, there can be many steps before acrylic paint is applied to panel. 

^{Works: Acrylic Paintings on Boards,  #304}

K Palm — the artistic name of Kathleen Palmeri — is a New Jersey-based fine art painter who studied at Mason Gross, Rutgers University, and later earned a Master's in Counseling from NYU. Known for bold, layered palette knife portraits and whimsical sports-themed miniatures, she creates art that she describes as "layered and perfectly imperfect," reflecting the lives of people who have grown through struggle. Among her most beloved collections is Tiny Skiers, which she says brings her "pure joy" with their playful, abstract energy. 

^{Works: Tiny Skiers, Third Floor Gallery} 

Among the works in White Elephant Aspen are two pieces by Ian Davenport, one of Britain's most celebrated contemporary painters. Born in 1966, Davenport studied at Goldsmiths College alongside Damien Hirst and was part of the groundbreaking Young British Artists movement. He is best known for his signature "puddle" paintings, in which hundreds of thin acrylic lines are meticulously poured down a canvas, pooling and swirling at the bottom.

^{Works: Colour Splat Cluster,  Ajax Suite  & Drip (Uplift), Ajax Suite} 

Catherine Erb is a self-taught fine-art photographer and mixed media artist born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, whose work blurs the line between photography and painting in strikingly luminous ways. Her work — from luminous cloud studies to intimate portraits of everyday objects — captures a spirit of the sublime in ordinary life, merging reality with imagination and connecting the physical with the divine.

^{Works: Cloud Tondos, Suites/Living Spaces} 

A one-of-a-kind custom series by celebrated illustrator Joe Whale, which brings whimsy and personality to every guest room bathroom. Each piece — rendered in an elegant wine-colored and white palette — captures the spirit of Aspen's beloved pastimes, from skiing and bicycling to horseback riding, indulging in ice cream, and embracing the rugged charm of cowboy culture. True to Whale's playful signature style, a hidden elephant is tucked into every composition, inviting guests to discover the delightful secret within. Joe's illustrations also are featured in the bathrooms of White Elephant Nantucket and Palm Beach.

^{Works: Drawings, All guestroom & suites}

Our museum-quality art collection was curated to surprise and delight — connecting guests to Aspen's rich cultural community. In partnership with the prestigious Anderson Ranch Arts Center, established in 1966 in Snowmass, we explored their historic print drawers to select works ranging from serious to whimsical, spanning painting, sculpture, printmaking, and ceramics.These pieces fill our guest rooms and public spaces, creating the feeling of a home owned by world-class collectors. It is an eclectic mix of “commissioned works, iconic American artists, and exciting up-and-coming talents.” Pieces are dotted through the hotel in guestroom, suites and public spaces

^{Selected suite piece: David True, (Unitled) Yellow Horse}                                                                     

Jim Watt is a New Jersey based artist whose work blends architectural forms with abstract art, emphasizing texture, color, and spatial exploraton. Watt’s paintings and drawings are an obsessive exploration of space, form and material, a context that marries his work as a practicing architect.

^{Works: Watercolors,  Selected Suites (all floors)}