Quarterly Artist Interview
By Kadence Morris
Owasso High School is packed with hundreds of talented artists just waiting to experience the spotlight and be recognized for their talents— The Rampage’s Quarterly Artist Interview is just the place for them to receive recognition and shine bright!
Audrey Day: Digital Art
Oranges on Display by Audrey Day
Audrey Day is a Senior at OHS and is currently taking her first year of Digital Art with Mrs. Bratcher. Although Days’ favorite and first choice of medium is sketching with pencil, she intends to pursue a career in graphic design.
“I thought it would be beneficial in giving me the tools [for graphic design],” said Day.
Pursuing graphic design is why she stopped taking drawing classes and started taking Digital Art instead. To Day, art is a way to communicate her interests and hobbies, like drawing her favorite celebrities, shows or artists in her own style. She is a fine addition to Owasso’s Digital Art class and will continue to study the digital arts in order to have a successful career as a graphic designer. We can’t wait to see her art on a billboard one day!
Lily Baraga: AP and Art III
The title of one of the most talented artists at OHS belongs to 12th grader Lily Baraga. Baraga has participated in many local art shows, including the Redbud Mural Festival and the Sunny Dayz Mural Festival. When she’s not painting murals, Baraga likes to experiment with other mediums, but her favorite of all is working with paint pens. Since joining AP Art, Baraga has been able to take her passion for creation to another level.
“I enjoy the creative freedom,” Baraga expressed.
Baraga intends to continue a life of art and hopes to pursue a fine arts degree in college. With her talent and dedication to creation, Baraga’s art is sure to be seen in a museum someday soon!
Emily Avila: Art III
Pen sketches by Emily Avila
Emily Avila is a senior at OHS, as well as a member of Mrs. Collins’ Art III class. Avila enjoys the experimentation and exploration that comes along with taking Art III, like working with gelli printing, print-making and 3D aspects like clay. Although this contrasts with Avila's preferred method of working with a ballpoint pen, she still finds time to make the best of the materials she’s given. To Avila, Art class is a place to feel safe and escape the chaos around her.
“Art is calming, and it’s a positive environment filled with friends,” Avila chuckled. “To me, art is a form of stress relief.”
Avila plans to stray from art in the professional sense and go to college for social work, but in her free time, the possibilities for her artwork are endless.
Brynna Golden: Art II and Animation at Tulsa Tech
Brynna Golden is the epitome of artistic, so much so that she couldn’t pick just one favorite medium: acrylic, digital and ink if she had to narrow it down. So far, Golden has enjoyed participating in the “Larger Than Life” assignment, where they mixed mediums like watercolor and colored pencil in order to create an abstract piece referenced from a real-life photo.
“I’ve been drawing as long as I could hold a crayon!” Golden exclaimed, “My dream is to live in a house where I don’t get in trouble for painting on the walls- sorry, Mom and Dad!”
Golden has been participating in art classes since 6th grade and intends to continue her passion for character design and pursue a career in concept art. Golden has gotten many life-changing opportunities thanks to her artistic abilities. She has painted murals, illustrated a book, animated short films, had a portrait in an art show in UCO and even placed in the top 100 artists across the state! Golden is extremely talented and is one billion percent going places with her creations. Thank you to Owasso’s Golden Girl for building a positive representation for the artists of OHS!
If you are an artist at OHS, whether you participate in an art class or not, and would like to be featured in the Rampage's Quarterly Artist Interview, please contact Kadence Morris at KM27428@OWASSOPS.ORG for more information on how to catch the spotlight!