Our Team

Tim Tripp (owner)

As the story goes...this happened and then that happened...and the rest is history. Back in 2003 Tim was a Commander with the Westminster Police Department in Westminster, Co. He had been collecting "Barney Fife" photographs and memorabilia for some time. As he soon discovered, the rare signed photo's needed to be framed in order to protect them. To frame the vast collection was cost prohibitive, so Tim read up on how to do it himself. It was during that time that he discovered a hidden passion and sought out a 17 time National Champion Framer by the name of Ray Dwyer. Ray lived in Sandpoint, Idaho. Tim trained one-on-one with Ray and Ray became a mentor of sorts as Tim gained experience back in Colorado.

The story leaps forward... Tim volunteered at a framing shop, bought out that shop and another shop and started Grizzly Creek Custom Framing. He retired in 2005 after 26 years and pursued excellence in framing full time. Tim is a "hands-on owner" creating framed works of art daily. He is still very passionate about bringing innovation and creativity to the business he loves. Grizzly Creek Framing pushes boundaries everyday and everyone involved demonstrate their own passion for framing. Tim loves working with customers and takes great pride in helping them create a vision for their piece. The most magical part of framing is when you lay the glass over the creation. After framing thousands of projects, it still is the most exciting part for Tim.

Tim credits his wife Kim for encouraging him to pursue his passion. He says that she is the realist and he is the visionary in growing Grizzly Creek. The chemistry has worked and you can understand why Grizzly Creek was named in the top 100 stores in the U.S.

Shirley Whitcomb

Shirley is creative beyond words. She has a combined passion of loving people and loving framing design. She is a vision casting guru when it comes to designing framed projects. Admittedly, she is not technical savvy, but she understands what the creative team can do with design and computer cutting technology. Her expertise in color and design gets people excited. Her extensive experience with needlework enables her to handle, educate, and frame nearly anything involving thread and cloth. She too is a major player on the Grizzly Creek creative team. In addition, she keeps the team organized and equipped with the materials they need to keep the workflow efficient and the good tunes playing!