They'd Never Painted a Mural Before. Now They're Covering Denver in Art.
Andreas Kremer had never painted a mural in his life when he got the call.
His employer — Denver snowboard company Never Summer — wanted a mural on a forty-foot shipping container in front of their factory. He said yes, called his friend Reina Luna, and the two of them showed up to figure it out together.
"We were like, 'Well, if it looks really bad, we could just paint it solid,'" Luna recalls.
It didn't look bad. It looked great. And that moment in early 2024 is what started Bright Space Murals.
Building Community, One Wall at a Time
By January 2026, Bright Space has painted schools, restaurants, businesses, and even the X Games in Salt Lake City. But the projects that seem to mean the most to Kremer and Luna are the ones where the community does the painting alongside them.
At Denver's PREP Academy, they handed the design entirely to the students. "We asked the kids, 'What do you guys want to see? Because this is your legacy,'" says Luna. The result: butterflies, blooming flowers, the Colorado State Capitol — and the message "You Can Do More Than You Imagine" in purple letters at the top.
A yearbook filled with signatures from everyone who worked on it sits in the bottom left corner of the mural. Because why wouldn't it?
100 Feet of Handprints
At George Washington High School, they painted a 100-foot mural featuring mountains, wildlife, and Denver landmarks. The centerpiece is a grand tree — its leaves made entirely of Kremer and Luna's handprints, printed manually over 200 times in different colors.
That's not efficiency. That's love for the work.
Why It Matters
Kremer's mission is simple: "I want to bring more art into the community, but also bring the community into the art."
Luna puts it even more plainly: "Even if you're not into art or don't think about art, it'll set your mind free."
In a world that can feel heavy, there's something genuinely good about two people who quit their jobs to paint walls and make strangers smile.
You can see their work and watch time-lapses on YouTube at Andreas Does Art, or visit brightspacemurals.com.
