'Colorado Trail' - Kula Cloth® Artist Series

Brinkley Messick lives in a house in Salida Colorado, yet anywhere outside is where he feels most at home.  Work-life and play in the outdoors all intermingle for Brinkley.  He takes great joy in introducing his children to the vast array of activities available to them in Colorado. Rarely does he venture out without at least a sketchbook and often with brushes and paint.  Always done by hand, never computer, Brinkley captures light and landscapes on salvaged fabric, and wood.

Originally from North Carolina Brink chased his love for adventure and
need of open space to Colorado over two decades ago and now works out of a 1964 Airstream art studio in Salida. His art and subject matter are greatly influenced by his other career in Trails and Stewardship where he has contributed to the trail systems in Salida, Buena Vista, Del Norte and other areas across Colorado.

He likes to joke that he dropped out of art school with less than a year
left to pursue an alternative degree that would prove more lucrative post
graduation, which was Anthropology. Though it turned out not to be
lucrative in the slightest it did provide him opportunities to extensively
travel and study in Central America as well as providing him with the
analytical experience in observation and interpretation that he has
applied to his process of creating visual art that is accessible and
enjoyable by a wide variety of viewers.