“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 […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Rachel Stout
“As an artist, my goal is to create clean images that take the viewer to a balanced and reflective place. Thinking of artwork as a visual representation of the human condition greatly inspires me,” Rachel Stout said. “A lot of my work features women who are strong and goddesslike in nature but still at the […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Jacob Vega
“Growing up as a young kid, I knew that I wanted to be a designer. My passion has always been drawing and creating something with my hands,” Jacob Vega said. “Now as a grown adult, my passion is still drawing, but it’s more about the feeling or the message that my work conveys. Every piece […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Chase Kerby
“When I began doing photography a couple of years ago, it started as a cathartic way to see the world. It was an excuse to get out of my shell and out of my house,” Chase Kerby said. “I quickly discovered that my main love was for the styles of black-and-white landscape and cityscape. There’s […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Greg Pogue
Greg’s inspiration throughout this pandemic is to break down the weakest areas in his art and build it back up so he can capture the life and realism of what he’s drawing. His work gravitates around popular figures in the music, model, and social media industry. During this trying time, Greg has been determined to […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Jared Kinley
“I am fascinated by the works created by photographers of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s. Born in the ’90s myself, I find myself gravitating to themes relevant back in the time of Avedon, Newton, Lindbergh, Ritts, and Penn,” Jared Kinley said. “My work resembles the fashion statements and cultural breakouts of these decades, from hair bands to women’s […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Tanner Frady
An Oklahoma native, Tanner Frady works full-time as a sign painter with a background in graffiti. You can find his work all over Oklahoma City as well as across the country, from windows to walls and metal sign panels. He and his girlfriend, Ashley Dawn, create large-scale typography murals done in spray paint, often featuring […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Rebecca Pipkin
“I collect remnants of memories and architecture to capture the viewer in a suspended moment in time and space and investigate the role architecture plays in placemaking, memory, and displacement,” Rebecca Pipkin said. “I have learned that absence does not always equal loss but can create a new space for exploration and imagination. I use […]
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Artist of the Quarantine: Freakin Silva aka Steven Silva
“Old cartoons are dark, man. I like the satire of it; it’s not serious. And if it is serious, you can put it in this cartoon wrapper. People buy mousetraps, but they love Mickey,” Freakin Silva, aka Steven Silva, said. “My whole drawing style had to change when I went digital. Couldn’t get the same […]