EXPERIENCE
THROUGH THE LENS
An Interactive Fine Art Exhibit
Exclusively at The Hythe
Vail, Colorado
Through The Lens… Vail, Colorado is an immersive mixed-media exhibition by Michael Hefferon exploring the emotional landscape of Vail through layers of photography, digital artistry, motion, reflected light, and hand-finished resin detail. Inspired by the region’s rivers, wildlife, mountains, and shifting seasons, the collection transforms familiar Colorado moments into dreamlike visual experiences suspended somewhere between memory and imagination.
Created as both a physical and digital journey, the exhibition blends large-scale fine art prints with a cinematic motion installations to create an evolving dialogue between stillness and movement, nature and abstraction, reality and reflection. Together, the works invite viewers to slow down, wander, play, and experience Vail not only as a destination, but as a feeling.
Through The Lens of Dreams…
An Immersive Digital Art Installation
Displayed on a 6’x15’ digital canvas in the grand lobby of The Hythe, visitors are immediately immersed into a vibrant cinematic journey inspired by the nature emotional landscape of Vail, Colorado.
A 6 Minute fine art digital loop blending motion, videography, photography, abstraction, and layered visual storytelling, the installation invites viewers into a shifting world suspended between memory & imagination.
A Fine Art Collection
Available For Acquisition
The following 11 mixed-media works were hand crafted by Michael Hefferon as physical artifacts translating moments from the digital installation into hand-finished collectible works of fine art. Each piece is an original, limited edition, artist signed work available to add to your collection. Inquire for more details.
“Go Fish”
43”x65” - 1/11
$7,500
LIVING CANVAS EXPERIENCE: Optional digital experience that unlocks additional layers of the artwork through motion, atmosphere, and visual storytelling. Available separately upon request.
“Bear Necessities”
40”x40” - 1/11
$4,500
LIVING CANVAS EXPERIENCE: Optional digital experience that unlocks additional layers of the artwork through motion, atmosphere, and visual storytelling. Available separately upon request.
“Wapiti Dream”
65”x43” - 1/11
$7,500
LIVING CANVAS EXPERIENCE: Optional digital experience that unlocks additional layers of the artwork through motion, atmosphere, and visual storytelling. Available separately upon request.
“Summers In Vail”
43”x65” - 1/11
$7,500
LIVING CANVAS EXPERIENCE: Optional digital experience that unlocks additional layers of the artwork through motion, atmosphere, and visual storytelling. Available separately upon request.
“Deer In The Hythe Light”
24”×36” - 1/11
$2,500
“Moose On The Loose”
65”x43” - 1/11
$7,500
“Fox Fun”
32”x48” - 1/11
$4,500
“Gore Creek Lake Life”
32”x48” - 1/11
$4,500
“Dreaming Of Piney Lake”
65”x43” - 1/11
$7,500
“Elk Gone Wild”
32”x48” - 1/11
$4,500
“Buffa Roam”
43”x65” - 1/11
$7,500
LIVING CANVAS EXPERIENCE: Optional digital experience that unlocks additional layers of the artwork through motion, atmosphere, and visual storytelling. Available separately upon request.
About The Artist
Michael is a Colorado based mixed-media artist and visual storyteller whose work blends photography, motion, abstraction, and hand-finished craftsmanship into immersive visual experiences inspired by memory, emotion, and place.
For more than 25 years, his creative work has explored the intersection of nature, movement, architecture, and human connection transforming familiar moments into layered reflections suspended somewhere between reality and imagination.
Michael Hefferon
Fine Art Collection Details
Optional Collector Experiences:
Living Canvas Collection
Optional digital experience that unlocks additional layers of the artwork through motion, atmosphere, and visual storytelling.
Available separately upon request.
Edition Specifics
Limited Edition of 11
Signed & Numbered
Certificate of Authenticity
Construction
Archival Giclée Print
Hand-Finished Resin & Acrylic Surface
Custom Built Gallery Quality Construction
Additional Collector Services
Installation Available
Commissioned Variations Available
Worldwide Shipping
“Some places stay with us long after we leave them.”
Through The Lens… Vail, Colorado
Exclusively at The Hythe Vail
Collector Inquiries Welcome