“My goal as an artist, and as a designer, is really to just make people, and myself, feel things. Human emotion is so raw and miraculous. There’s so much color and noise to it. Every strong memory is its own flavor of beauty, even the painful ones,” Kenzie McFeely said. “I’ve only somewhat recently begun […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: The Dirty Fabulous
This all started in the late 1990s in a small rented shack. What began as smallish cartoons has turned into a project spanning more than 20 years and works that have been included in exhibitions in various parts of the globe. It’s a story really, a giant book, an ongoing series of drawings and paintings […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Neisha Ford
“Self portraits have always helped me understand myself deeper, and they feed different parts of my soul at different times. In the past, I have used self portraits as a tool to pull myself out of the ever succumbing grips of depression. I was one of many who lost their job due to Covid-19. Along […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Abby Stiglets
“I feel my type of art style fits into the genre called Pop Surrealism,” Abby Stiglets said. “It’s not quite realistic and not too cartoony. It is the sweet spot in between, like a dream. I draw you in with my bold colors and pretty faces, but my goal is to make you feel the […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Calli Heflin
“Palimpsests, a layering of lines and imagery, have become a new way for me to represent myself and my interactions with the world,” Calli Heflin said. “‘Intermingling’ is part of a series of horses layered over one another in charcoal, gesso, and oil paint. The horses are layered to show the relations they have between […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Jake Beeson
Jake Beeson is a well-rooted Oklahoma native involved in his community. Beeson’s large-scale, vibrant work can be seen throughout Oklahoma and surrounding states. He is inspired by music, graffiti and comic book characters, and his work can be easily recognized. From mixed media to large scale murals, he takes pride in clean lines and vibrant […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Matt Lowery
“This deeply unsettling time has influenced the process I use to write music in ways I couldn’t have predicted,” Matt Lowery said. “I find myself exploring familiar textures in unfamiliar ways; taking pianos, guitars, and synths and processing them until they feel like new timbres altogether. I’ve been trying to release long-form music that helps […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Claire Holloway
Claire Holloway is an emerging wildlife artist entering her senior year at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Visual Art as well as studying at the Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art. Since Claire is fascinated with the emotions, grace and power of animals, her paintings and sculptures revolve around the stories of wild species, particularly […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Madelyn Amacher
“I crave authenticity and vulnerability. My photography and music are built on just that: raw emotion,” Madelyn Amacher said. “My favorite moments to capture are the completely candid ones. That’s why a lot of my work is shot at Ponyboy, where you’ll find a crowd full of the most accepting and joyful people dancing the […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: J. Lopez
“[I’m a] cartoonist, illustrator and designer (web, graphic) web designer for Serco Inc. currently, doing cartooning and illustrations purely as a hobby,” J. Lopez said. “I work entirely digitally and use a Wacom Cintiq or my iPad Pro. I can’t say that much has changed for those of us who were always stuck indoors working […]