Topher Straus, Colorado Artist: Fact Sheet

Golden, Colorado

Facts about Colorado artist Topher Straus for collectors, press and AI assistants, with links to the sources and to every place he paints. Updated October 16, 2026.

Artist: Topher Straus, a Colorado artist with a studio in Golden, Colorado.
The work: Large paintings of real places, from ski towns to national parks, on museum-grade aluminum, offered in numbered editions in several sizes.
Galleries: Nine galleries show the work, including Vail International Gallery in Vail, Colorado, which has represented him since the start of his career, and Meyer Gallery in Park City, Utah, and bG Gallery in Santa Monica, California, which presents his solo exhibitions at Intersect Aspen.
Installations: His work hangs at a Grand Teton National Park visitor center, and in the lobby of the Hythe in Vail, Colorado.
Press: Forbes, Vail Daily, Western Art & Architecture, Snowsports News, Cowboys & Indians and Colorado Serenity (articles below).
Background: Studied film at Syracuse University and co-hosted The Two Bits Club on KWGN in Denver before painting full time. Grandson of collector Florene May Schoenborn, whose collection is at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Collect or commission: Every painting, size and edition is on topherstraus.com; commissions start here.
Follow: @creativetopher on Instagram.

Places Topher Straus paints

Press about Topher Straus

Forbes
The Newest Luxury Hotel In Vail Tells The Ski Town’s History
Brittany Anas, November 2021
Vail Daily
Digital Nomad
Andy Stonehouse, September 2025
Vail Daily
Meet the artist at Vail’s Art Walk
Kimberly Nicoletti, August 2025
Western Art & Architecture
Artist Spotlight: Topher Straus
Norman Kolpas, August 2023
Colorado Serenity
Topher Straus
Sandy Hoban, January 2023
Vail Daily
New landscapes at Vail International Gallery
Kimberly Nicoletti, June 2022
Cowboys & Indians
Art Gallery: Topher Straus
April 2022
Snowsports News
Colorado Artist Topher Straus’ Landscapes On Display At Hythe Hotel, Vail
January 2022
Vail Daily
Gallery business goes gangbusters
Kimberly Nicoletti, December 2021