Bria Hammock: Where Creativity Meets the Wild West

Two decades ago, Bria Hammock arrived in Cheyenne in search of something that was getting harder to come by. Space to think. Room to create. A landscape that does not feel staged. What started as a move from the East Coast quickly turned into something deeper. Cheyenne did not just become home. It became fuel.

Today, Bria is an artist, creative director, and entrepreneur whose work reflects the rhythm of southeastern Wyoming. Wide open skies, evolving Western culture, and a creative community still writing its story. Her businesses, Go Slo and Westward, have become part of Cheyenne’s creative heartbeat, helping shape what the New Old West looks like today.

This is creativity rooted in place and still moving forward.

The Go Slo Lifestyle

Go Slo started with a slower lane and a vintage Volkswagen bus named Penny.

Driving Wyoming backroads at 50 miles per hour has a way of shifting perspective. There is more time to notice the landscape, more reason to pull over somewhere unexpected, and less pressure to rush to the next thing. That mindset became the foundation for Go Slo, a Wyoming-based lifestyle brand inspired by slowing down just enough to actually experience where you are.

From Wyoming-inspired apparel locally made goods, Go Slo reflects the pace of life many visitors discover when they arrive in Cheyenne. It is not about stopping. It is about moving differently. Slower when it matters. Fully present when it counts.

That philosophy resonates with locals and travelers alike. Go Slo has become a way to take a piece of Cheyenne home and a reminder that sometimes the best moments happen when there is nowhere else to be.

Westward: A Creative Hub in Downtown Cheyenne

Step into downtown Cheyenne and you will find Westward, Bria’s gallery and boutique inside a historic 1904 building. It is part art gallery, part retail space, and part creative gathering place.

Westward reflects the evolving creative energy of Cheyenne. Visitors find bold contemporary Western artwork, Wyoming made goods, and curated pieces from artists and makers across the region. It is tactile, immersive, and intentionally different. A place designed to be explored, not rushed through.

"One of the big initiatives for me opening this store and having this space is to not only celebrate fine art and artisans and makers, but to also celebrate all of the other art-centric things that are happening in town," Bria explains.

That vision has helped Westward become more than a gallery. It is a place where creativity feels accessible and where visitors get a glimpse into Cheyenne’s growing arts scene.

Contemporary Western Art Inspired by Wyoming

Under her brand, Hammock Fine Art, Bria creates contemporary Western work that explores the modern West as it exists today, not as nostalgia. Her paintings focus on wildlife, landscapes, and moments of place, using bold color, simplified forms, and a graphic approach shaped by her background in design. The result feels both grounded and contemporary, rooted in the landscape while pushing it forward.

Her inspiration comes directly from Wyoming’s diversity and the experience of moving through it. Wide open plains, shifting light, changing terrain, and the quiet tension between tradition and evolution all influence her work.

"Wyoming is a state, Cheyenne included, that is so diverse in all of those things. It's really cool to be able to travel from one side to the other and feel like you are in a million sorts of different environments."

That sense of movement and change carries through her paintings and reflects the broader spirit of Cheyenne itself. This is not a place frozen in time. It is a place still becoming.

Embracing the Trailblazer Spirit

Beyond her own artwork and businesses, Bria plays an active role in Cheyenne’s growing creative community. She serves on the Board of Art Cheyenne, collaborates with local artists and makers, and has helped Westward become a gathering place for creativity in downtown Cheyenne. From exhibitions to Living Room Sessions, intimate acoustic concerts that bring people together in a relaxed setting, Westward reflects the collaborative energy shaping the city’s evolving arts scene.

"There are so many places where you can interact with both the wildlife and the landscape, and it feels so real," Bria says.

That sense of place carries through everything she creates. Through Go Slo, Westward, and her contemporary Western artwork, Bria embodies the Cheyenne Trailblazer spirit. Her work reflects the New Old West, where tradition still matters but creativity keeps things moving forward. In Cheyenne, art, landscape, and community intersect, and visitors are invited to step into something real.