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S6.E1 ∙ Tyson Meade: Finding Home

Tue, Jun 30, 2020

The incomparable Tyson Meade is Oklahoma's "godfather of alternative rock" and abstract artist. Gallery America visits Tyson's "art house" in Oklahoma City, where most days he wakes to "beat the heck" out of plywood canvases with twigs, his boots or thrown paints. We talk about his rock'n'roll past with the grunge-era band Chainsaw Kittens, as well as his years teaching in Shanghai.

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S6.E2 ∙ Kelly Pennington: Plein View

Tue, Sep 08, 2020

Kelly Pennington never passes an Oklahoma field without wondering, is that art? She's a plein-air artist, meaning she paints outside. It took years for Kelly, a former art teacher, to admit to herself that she's an artist. She certainly is. You'll see her impressionistic works come to life - and learn how she spots beauty in everyday Oklahoma countryside. She calls it her "happy place."

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S6.E3 ∙ Jason Wilson: Painter of Quilts

Wed, Sep 30, 2020

Surrounded by quilts growing up, McAlester artist Jason Wilson paints abstract art that he likens to quilts. His creativity requires a detailed, time-consuming process to build geometric-puzzle pieces that seem to defy dimension. As this episode of OETA's Gallery America shows, Qu'aint - an Oklahoma collective of quilters - are now turning Jason's paintings back into quilts in surprising ways.

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S6.E4 ∙ Joe Slack: Iron Man

Wed, Nov 04, 2020

Joe Slack is Oklahoma's iron man. His enormous, lifelike sculptures of steel are transforming public spaces across Oklahoma City. His latest project, though, is the biggest of all - a mural of steel birds and dancers that fills a median wall in Midtown that stretches over two football fields in length. Gallery America goes inside Joe's art to show how his unique style with steel is making Oklahoma.

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S6.E5 ∙ Jerry Yarnell: A Master's Touch

Wed, Feb 03, 2021

Jerry Yarnell has won millions of fans for his naturalist art. He's a painter, teacher and TV show host, whose program "Paint This with Jerry Yarnell" has been shown across the US and Canada the past couple decades. Gallery America visits his Skiatook, Oklahoma studio to see how he passes on his magic to others. As he says, "art is the thing that gets people through life."

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S6.E6 ∙ Where Are They Now?

Wed, Mar 31, 2021

Gallery America celebrates its 20th anniversary by returning to a few past episodes and reconnecting with artists. We see where sculptor David Phelps' biggest piece, American Beauty, ended up and how he caught the attention of golfer Greg Norman; and learn how Hollywood actor Timothy Fall's 2009 film bootcamp changed his career - and inspired one of his 14-year-old students to make her own movies.

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