Charlo will be in full bloom at first solo exhibition tomorrow.
When artists look to social media to promote their work, Nextdoor — a social networking service usually shared by neighbors seeking a pet sitter or discussing nearby construction — is probably not the first platform that comes to mind. But for Denver artist Carlos Garcia Walterbach, akaOriginally from Monterey, Mexico, Charlo moved to Orange County, California, in 2013 to pursue a career in graphic design.
He and his husband moved to Denver in 2019 so they could both pursue career opportunities, but as the pandemic hit in 2020, Charlo found himself drawn away from the graphic design world and back to the sketchbook. He turned to Nextdoor and asked if anyone had a blank wall on which he could paint a mural."Someone told me they had a garage door, and I was like, 'Oh, why not?'" he recalls."That triggered this chain reaction that allowed me to make murals all over the city."
After he posted a photo of the first garage door, other people contacted him and asked for murals on their doors. While summer 2020 activities consisted of staying indoors and baking sourdough bread for many people, for Charlo it was an artistic renaissance. In 2021, Amazon saw what Charlo was doing on Nextdoor and reached out, asking if he could do a mural in one of its warehouses in Colorado. He ended up painting a mural in the lobby, one of the biggest ones he's ever done."I felt like I [worked] at Amazon for two days," Charlo jokes. "I felt very honored to be able to function as a staff member who was able to make a joyful experience there.
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