Bear Tree Creative

Human-made art for the spaces we gather in

Custom murals, collaborative art, and place-based illustrations

Work with our team of two siblings who take your creative project seriously, and everything else a little less-so.

Based in Colorado. Serving clients near and far.

Megan Aranow and Andy Putnam, sibling co-owners of Bear Tree Creative, pose for a photo with their dogs, Loki and Poncho.
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Every project we create starts the same way: with a story worth telling.

Whether it's a room full of people painting together, a mural on your wall, or a custom map that captures a place, our original, hand-drawn artwork ties it all together.

Everything we create is designed to make your guests, your team, or your community feel like part of something that is deeply human and that matters.

Bear Tree Creative Specialties

Colorful giraffe design from Bear Tree Creative's Painting Pieces collaborative art project library.
Colorful giraffe design from Bear Tree Creative's Painting Pieces collaborative art project library.

Everyone paints a piece. Together, it becomes one artwork. A unique, hands-on group activity that ends in a reveal moment your group will always remember.

Vibrant mountain-inspired mural created by Bear Tree Creative, featured in the Yeti Dogs restaurant in Big Sky, Montana.
Vibrant mountain-inspired mural created by Bear Tree Creative, featured in the Yeti Dogs restaurant in Big Sky, Montana.

Large-scale, hand-painted art for spaces that deserve more than a blank wall. Designed to celebrate and elevate your story, community, and brand.

Illustration drawn by Bear Tree Creative and featured in the winter Adventure Map at Big Sky Mountain Resort.

We specialize in place-based storytelling that brings a special space or event to life. Hand-drawn digital or print illustration to guide, delight, inform, & engage your people.

  • Painting Pieces collaborative artwork representing Arches National Park
  • A map of the Puget Sound region in Washington state with the words "Puget Sound" overlaid, surrounded by decorative natural elements like green leaves and rocks.
  • A painting of a snow-covered mountain peak with a starry night sky and the Milky Way galaxy in the background.
  • A colorful landscape painting featuring tall white birch trees with yellow autumn leaves, snow-capped mountains, and a clear blue sky.
  • Painting Pieces collaborative artwork representing lunar phases and medicinal plants
  • Drawing of a bear with a blue hat and a green sweater, holding a fork and knife, sitting at a table with a plate of pancakes topped with a pat of butter and syrup. Snowy trees and a mountain are in the background.
  • A watercolor painting of a night sky with stars, a crescent moon, and a silhouetted mountain landscape, surrounded by rocks, leaves, and wooden elements.
  • A mural of layered mountain ranges in shades of blue and purple, with a silhouette of pine trees at the bottom.
  • Sticker of a geometric-style polar bear with a small bird and whale, set against a circular background with mountains, a sunset, and ocean.
  • Painting Pieces collaborative artwork representing koi fish in a pond
  • Colorful illustrated poster for National Park
  • Illustration of four animals—fox, bear, deer, and rabbit—around a campfire at night, with a starry sky in the background.
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Grew up together, still building things together.

We brainstorm and shape every project together. Andy leads the design process, Megan guides the relationship, from the first spark of curiosity to the final project reveal.

A man sitting on a wooden dock with a dog, both looking towards the water, with a forest and cloudy sky in the background.
A man sitting on a wooden dock with a dog, both looking towards the water, with a forest and cloudy sky in the background.
A smiling woman with short brown hair wearing a striped shirt and denim overalls, standing in front of a colorful mural painted on a brick wall.
A smiling woman with short brown hair wearing a striped shirt and denim overalls, standing in front of a colorful mural painted on a brick wall.
Meet Andy & Megan