Kendall Kippley
Kendall Rose Kippley is a visual artist and muralist known for merging fine art with poetic, environmentally focused storytelling. With a background in painting and climate sustainability, her large-scale works explore the emotional and ecological power of water, snow, and ice. Kippley’s murals have shaped spaces nationally and internationally, inviting viewers to reflect on presence, transformation, grief, and change – as well our connections to nature and to one another.
LOCATION: B18, EL3-4
What the Moon Sees
Denver, CO
Statement from the Artist
What the Moon Sees
This mural is a visual meditation on Keystone’s alpine landscape, where earth, snow, ice, and sky come together in motion and memory. Inspired by the natural cycles and layered beauty of the region, the work blends abstraction with familiar forms – flowing textures suggest rock and sediment, while sweeping blues evoke snowmelt and high mountain waters, all anchored by moon phases that mark time and transformation. Created to feel like it belongs to the landscape, the mural reflects what many people experience when visiting Keystone – connection, awe, and a desire to visit again.
LOCATIONS: B18, EL3-4
Summit Lullaby Series
Denver, CO
Denver, CO
Statement from the Artist
Summit Lullaby Series
Summit Lullaby series explores the rhythms of glacial movement that unfold on timescales beyond human perception, yet continuously shape the landscapes we love. The diptych reflects how ice cradles mountain peaks, carrying stories across time as it sculpts the terrain beneath it. Inspired by the relationship between moonlight and alpine snowfields, the work holds a sense of stillness that feels eternal, even as it remains in constant transformation.
Together, the paintings reflect the delicate balance of water in its frozen form—how it accumulates, carves, and eventually melts away, leaving traces of its passage. The moon, watching over the summit, mirrors this impermanence, pulling at tides and glaciers alike. Functioning as a visual lullaby, the work offers a quiet reminder that even the most solid landscapes are always in motion, and that water, in all its forms, carries the memory of change.
