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2025 CHALK LINES AND VINES ARTIST BIO'S

Trina Baird

I have been a chalk artist for about 8 years and have participated in the Denver Chalk festival, Centennial chalk festival and also the Pastels on the 5th in Loveland. In 2021, in collaboration with my daughter Alex, we won Peoples choice award at the Pastels on the 5th. It has been an amazing journey and I love to see the colorful creations with chalk art. My career background has been in health care for over 20 years, however art has been such a special part of my life. When I am not creating chalk designs, my passion is with wood burning and fused glass art. Life is better with ART!!

Brad Stratton

In his working life, Brad was a science and math teacher. His teaching venues included stints at Strasburg High School, at Horizon Middle School in Aurora, and at Community College of Aurora. After his retirement, Brad has been keeping busy volunteering with the Special Olympics and with the city of Auroras Open Space and Natural Resources Department, including serving on the Open Space Advisory Board. Retirement has also provided Brad more free time to be able to dabble in "Art", Including graphite, colored pencils, painting and drawing pictures on the sidewalk with chalk. Brad has been married to his lovely wife, Mary, since 1978, and has 3 children and 4 grandchildren. He also enjoys photography, outdoor activities such as hiking and skiing and of course spoiling his grandchildren

Cheyanne Greer

Cheyanne Greer has been doing chalk art for 7 years. She participated 5 times in the Denver Chalk Art Festival and other various chalk art events throughout the Denver area. She spent time in college studying art and architecture in Paris and enjoys painting with acrylics and watercolors in her free time. Traveling is her passion and on her next trip she plans to work on her artsy sketchbook skills.

Aubrey Kruse

Aubrey Kruse is a chalk artist and pre-published children’s book author/illustrator based in Fort Collins, Colorado. She began her journey with chalk art three years ago while working at Disney World in Orlando and fell in love with the messy medium! Alongside her chalk art, Aubrey is actively pursuing a career in children’s books, aiming to create stories and characters that enable kids to know where their true intrinsic worth comes from. She graduated from Colorado State University and calls Fort Collins home. Whether it’s recreating beloved Disney characters on pavement or developing her own characters/stories, she is likely covered in chalk dust somewhere!

Philip Bernal

Phillip Bernal is a Littleton, Colorado visual artist, former art educator, and small business owner of Imagine Murals & More LLC. As a muralist, street chalk artist, and illustrator, his body of work demonstrates a versatility of imagery, styles, and mediums. Themes of popular culture, social media, surrealism, psychology, and nature are frequent wells of inspiration for his works. Phillip has over twenty years experience participating in street chalk art festivals and events creating award winning work. The ephemeral nature of street chalk art appeals to his philosophical nature, while allowing for continual growth as a muralist and illustrator.

AJ Duncan

AJ Duncan is a digital and traditional artist with a Silly Surrealism style to their Public Art. They enjoy mixing and matching whimsical food, animals, and wings in electric colors to make fun original creations everyone can enjoy!

Renee Steele

Renee is originally from Texas and she is very passionate about art, animals and active in dog training and rescue. Her main subjects to draw are nature, German shepherds, lilies and especially anything Halloween around October.

Rachel Hueske

Colorado based artist, Rachel Hueske, has enjoyed creating works of art since childhood. Growing up in Colorado gave her an appreciation for animals and nature. This and her fondness of color and pattern has greatly influenced her work. Rachel uses various mediums, including acrylic pain, chalk pastels, watercolor, ballpoint pen, etc.

Noreen Schroder

Noreen Schroder’s public art experience started young as she was encouraged to paint murals and signs on barns, garages, walls and doors for friends and family. After High School she got her degree in Art Education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Along with more than 20 years of teaching High School Art, Noreen has shown her art throughout Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado. About 11 years ago, she started participating in Chalk Art festivals, first in the Denver area then branching out throughout Colorado and beyond. She won first place best of show at the Denver Chalk Art Festival in 2022 with her depiction of an Indian Bride’s henna tattooed hands. She likes doing a wide variety of subjects in her chalk art.

Corbin Hillam

Corbin has been a free lance illustrator for 50 years. Much of his work is in the field of children’s books. He has been creating chalk murals for over 20 years. Corbin also teaches Chalk Murals at the Art Students League of Denver. This is his 4th year at Chalk Lines and Vines.

Tom Isaacson

Tom spent his career teaching at the middle school level. Many people shudder at the thought of teaching middle school, but Tom considered it as dinner and a show every day!

Tom did not begin chalking until after he retired. He attended the Denver Chalk Festival and thought to himself, “I can do that.” He has been chalking ever since.

Rebekah Tee

Rebekah Tee has been street painting for almost 20 years in Texas. Her work involves friends and family’s pets as original characters that are interactive, some with props, in 2D and 3D. Tee has been a featured artist in Kerrville Chalk Fest, Houston’s Via Colori, Sundance Festival, Lindale Music Festival, and A Taste of Dallas. Additionally, she has been featured in Urban Canvas’ International Festivals for Stawell and Liverpool. Tee created an international festival virtually through Urban Canvas and Space Center Houston while being one of the featured artists on location. She is a regular in Midtown Houston events and Missouri City Chalk Fest. Tee has also facilitated and created venues for student chalk artists at major festivals and local venues.

Dominique Montano

Dominique Montano is a wildlife artist and educator from Fort Collins, Colorado. She focuses on highlighting animals and nature in an attempt to illuminate the dangers threatening the world around us. A master’s graduate at Colorado State University focusing on zoology and comparative physiology, Dominique has always been fascinated with the incredible diversity of animals and how they operate in the world around them. Many of her subjects feature dripping or fading areas, alluding to the pressures of human-wildlife conflict that deteriorate the ability of nature to thrive in their environments, as the subjects mix into the background.

An interest in animals and comic books at a young age led to a convergence in interests. Illustrating the wildlife she is enthralled by is an opportunity to bring a small amount of that same fascination to the viewer. Focusing on animal movement and the duality of nature allows her passions to coalesce, utilizing an academic career in zoology to strengthen her visual prowess in art. With an eye towards conservation of these animals, Dominique focuses on highlighting the plight of her subjects, and subsequently donates portions of proceeds to animal conservation organizations.

Dan Guerrero

Having discovered the passion for Sidewalk Chalk Art in California, I have now participated in the Pasadena Chalk Art Festival for the past eight years. This event is one of the world’s largest events with over 700 artist in attendance. I have also participated in the Denver Chalk Art Event for the past three years and the Littleton Chalk Art Event for the past two years. Currently I live in Colorado Springs. I continue my passion for Sidewalk Chalk Art and enjoy the conversations and smiles with those that attend these events.

Alex Baird

Hello! I am Alex Baird, I am 23 years old, and a senior at Colorado State University graduating this May with a degree in Civil Engineering. This will be my 3rd year as a chalk artist at Chalk Lines and Vines and this is also one of many chalk festivals that I have done with my mom, whether it's drawing with me or next to me. Doing chalk drawings with her is how I started and is something I will always cherish and remember forever. Besides chalk drawing, I enjoy dancing, spending time with my family, friends, and my dog, Banjo as well as being outside and active.

Tamara Kula

Tamara Kula has always enjoyed ephemeral art, from sprawling chalk creatures to snow sculptures to decorated cookies. As a child, and later as a teacher and a mother, she has spent many hours filling up inviting sidewalk spaces with chalk. After discovering the joy of creating large 3D illusions with chalk, she is now fascinated with anamorphic art. She appreciates the freeing impermanence of chalk, the bright colors, and the chance to create outdoors – mainly on her own driveway. Tamara lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her husband and two sons.

Chelsea Romaniello

I am a Denver based artist, with a passion for whimsical illustration of animals and nature. Art provides an avenue for me to bring nature into direct contact with the magical and playful side of humanity: racoons in pinnball machines, fortune telling ostriches, kangaroo astronauts. I use

these characters as a means to spur imagination from the viewer and connect them to the personalities of the animal kingdom. My love for nature, animals and whimsy shines through my art, capturing characters and creatures of the natural world. As a professional illustrator I’ve completed large-scale projects for books, street pianos, for indoor murals, and of course with chalk, displaying worlds full of imaginative details, and the quirky and mystical facets of the animal kingdom. My work encourages imagination through illustration and novel design, and I

look forward to expanding my projects through collaboration and continued invention.

Megan Harris

I have been a chalk artist for over 10 years, participating in the Denver Chalk Art Festival, Littleton Chalk Walk, and Centennial Chalk Art Festival, sharing my passion for street art with the community. With a minor in art, I love teaching and have led chalk art camps and high school classes to inspire young artists.

In addition to festivals and teaching, I have created custom chalk pieces for weddings, businesses, and around the park for enjoyment. I also enjoy working with watercolors and oil paints, exploring different ways to express creativity. Whether I'm teaching, painting, or creating large-scale chalk murals, I find joy in bringing art to life and encouraging others to do the same.

Mary Tretten

I have lived in Colorado (mostly) since my family moved here from South Dakota when I was 4 years old.I love to spend time in the outdoors whenever possible, divvying up my time between biking, camping, fishing, hiking, birding, gardening and photography.But my most treasured time is spending time with my 4 grandchildren.

The first chalk art I did was 7 years ago while learning from my brother. Since then I’ve participated in several Denver area chalk events.

Tessa Fuqua

Tessa Fuqua is an American artist with a multicultural background. She is based in Colorado. Tessa has an openness to create and show her art in many types of environments and with a diversity of people. Her creations range from small illustration and painting to large chalk art and murals.

Tessa has been a selected or featured artist in several mural and street art events such as:

Denver Chalk Art Festival

Fraser Mountain Mural Fest

Colfax Canvas Mural Festival

Orchard Town Center ArtWalks

Via Colori Houston

Crush Graffiti Fest

Salida Chalk Art Festival

Walk the Chalk Littleton

She is an award winning street chalk artist and has showcased in various galleries, venues, and events. Her art work tends to be colorful and positive, often portraying expressions of animals or people.

Tessa is also an actor working in commercial, film, and theater. She is always pursuing new things and through the course of life has been a lawyer, teacher, radio show host, musician and barista. When not pursuing her creative passions, she loves to be outdoors, enjoying sports, or going on foodie adventures. Her favorite past-time is hanging out with her husband and family.