Rolling Canvas Art in Motion
Showcasing Roaring Fork Valley Artists on the Streets of Aspen
Four Artists, Four Stories: A Moving Tribute to Aspen’s Creative Spirit
The Gant’s mobile artist-in-residence program transforms our legendary Gant Vans into moving works of art. This initiative showcases the Roaring Fork Valley’s vibrant creative spirit by commissioning four local artists to transform our vans into moving canvases, each reflecting their personal connection to the valley.
Inspired by the resort’s festive 50th-anniversary commemorative gold wraps, Rolling Canvas – Art in Motion merges art, community, and travel, offering a new layer to Aspen’s cultural landscape. The first two vans will debut this summer, with the remaining unveilings in the winter season, accompanied by artist showcases and activations.
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Meet the Rolling Canvas Artists
Whit Boucher
Van Art Inspiration
Describe your artwork for Rolling Canvas in five words or less.
- A study of local high alpine flora
What do you consider to be the most valuable gift the Roaring Fork Valley has provided you?
- Access to the mountains. A life in the mountains. A never-ending source of inspiration for my work.
About the Artist
Artist Q&A
What is your art philosophy?
- An exploration/ visual representation of the energy that connects our world. I want to provide my insight into the world that may not be seen by the naked eye but is present all the time everywhere in everything.
What is your greatest achievement?
- Selling out my first gallery show at the Aspen Collective gallery last summer.
What is your favorite thing to do in the Roaring Fork Valley?
- Ski, mountain biking, make art
If you had to describe this valley in one word, what would it be?
- Vortex
Choose ‘This’ or ‘That’?
Summer or winter? Both!
Ski or snowboard? Both!
Sunrise or sunset? Sunrise!
Alpine lake or mountain peak? Mountain Peak
Early riser or night owl? Early rising night owl
Wildflowers or golden leaves? Wildflowers!
Hot springs or cozy cabin? Hot springs
Cocktail or coffee? Coffeeeeeeeee! I am obsessed
Kelly Peters
Van Art Inspiration
Describe your artwork for Rolling Canvas in five words or less.
- Vibrant, Nature-Inspired, Reflective
What do you consider to be the most valuable gift the Roaring Fork Valley has provided you?
- The most valuable gift the Roaring Fork Valley has provided me is its endless beauty, which inspires my creativity and reminds me to stay grounded and connected to nature.
About the Artist
Artist Q&A
What is your art philosophy?
- Art is about process over product – exploring, connecting, and creating something truly unique.
What is your greatest achievement?
- Successfully turning my passion for art into a thriving business that connects people with creativity.
What is your favorite thing to do in the Roaring Fork Valley?
- Painting outdoors, surrounded by the breathtaking landscapes.
If you had to describe this valley in one word, what would it be?
- Inspiring
Choose ‘This’ or ‘That’?
Summer or winter? Winter
Ski or snowboard? Ski
Sunrise or sunset? Sunset
Alpine lake or mountain peak? Mountain peak
Early riser or night owl? Night owl
Wildflowers or golden leaves? Golden laves
Hot springs or cozy cabin? Cozy cabin
Cocktail or coffee? Coffee
Sarah Uhl
Van Art Inspiration
Describe your artwork for Rolling Canvas in five words or less.
- Poetic reverence for the land (that’s five words, ha!) Three words would be: whimsical, delightful, curious
What do you consider to be the most valuable gift the Roaring Fork Valley has provided you?
- Introspection. The land has provided me an opportunity to grow and thrive. It provides constant invitations to explore, delight, rest, push myself, and feel held. I feel very held here. The valley resonates with me on a level that makes me feel at home. When you feel deeply held and at home, you are open to explore and grow. I have done that over the past 13 years of living here and exploring deeper and deeper. I have manifested dreams to life here – including owning a home and starting an art career and growing a family. We are all constantly evolving and this land offers me the introspective space to evolve with it.
About the Artist
Artist Q&A
What is your art philosophy?
- I use art as a tool to connect people back to their innate wisdom and their interconnectedness to Nature. Nature is my greatest muse and source of inspiration. I paint whimsical mountain landscapes based primarily on my felt experience and memories of the mountains I’ve spent time in over the years. I believe we are all artists and creativity comes in many forms. I’ve spent the past five years hosting wellness retreats in deep nature to help empower a connection to our innate wisdom through creativity.
What is your greatest achievement?
- Wow, what a loaded question! Haha. I have spent a lot of my life being focused on achievement. I’ve been addicted to it, like many of us in our culture, and have sought achievement in every area of my life – school, sports, career. When I had children this shifted. I realized that life is not about achieving accolades or status or things… It’s about personal growth and an ability to be more than to do. It’s about modeling a peaceful and generous way of being to my children. How do I want to be? That’s a question that resonates more these days. I would like to be present with my family and my community in a way that brings us all back into coherence with the nature around us. I feel called to empower creativity, kindness, and wellbeing through the work I do as an artist. I find the process of growth is infinite and my greatest achievement will be to keep showing up for the growth and sharing the journey in a vulnerable, empowering way with others.
What is your favorite thing to do in the Roaring Fork Valley?
- I feel so deeply grateful to call this place home. The wilderness is wide and vast here. It will take a lifetime to explore every inch of trails, mountain peaks, and alpine lakes. I look forward to seeing new places deep in Nature and revisiting the places that have offered me so much over the years. I live on the Crystal River and have developed an incredible relationship with these waters, visiting the river bank every day throughout the seasons. I love deepening this relationship I have with the land here and sharing the magic with my children.
Choose ‘This’ or ‘That’?
Summer or winter? Fall
Ski or snowboard? Ski
Sunrise or sunset? Sunset
Alpine lake or mountain peak? Lake
Early riser or night owl? Early riser
Wildflowers or golden leaves? Both!
Hot springs or cozy cabin? Hot springs
Cocktail or coffee? Coffee
Nicholas Ward
Van Art Inspiration
Describe your artwork for Rolling Canvas in five words or less.
- In pace with sundown
What do you consider to be the most valuable gift the Roaring Fork Valley has provided you?
- The ease of access to expansive, uncongested outdoors. I place so much value on quiet contemplative time surrounded by nature.
About the Artist
Artist Q&A
What is your art philosophy?
- Be true to yourself and your artwork – the audience will find you.
What is your greatest achievement?
- Making a living doing what I love. Has always been a dream, and here I am doing just that. It’s a challenge, but sometimes I feel there could be no happier thing.
What is your favorite thing to do in the Roaring Fork Valley?
- Backpacking to an alpine lake, fishing, swimming, camping, exploring
If you had to describe this valley in one word, what would it be?
- Resplendent
Choose ‘This’ or ‘That’?
Summer or winter? Summer, so many more activities and daylight to do them!
Ski or snowboard? Ski
Sunrise or sunset? A hard choice, but sunrise, despite my piece for the Rolling Canvas being at sundown. Sun up is a time full of possibility and potential.
Alpine lake or mountain peak? Alpine lake, swimming in an alpine lake is one of my favorite things.
Early riser or night owl? Early riser
Wildflowers or golden leaves? Golden leaves – being amidst an aspen grove in full color inspires such a sense of wonder and magic.
Hot springs or cozy cabin? Oof, another tough one … I suppose hot springs, it leaves you feeling so relaxed, then you return to a cozy cabin.
Cocktail or coffee? Definitely coffee. Maybe it’s called an addiction, but I look forward to coffee the night before.
Whit Boucher
Kelly Peters
Nicholas Ward
Sarah Uhl