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Heart of it all
The Heart of It All was inspired by just the geometry and symmetry of the two states and the heart being in the center of the two. The front of it is the perspective of the United States. And so, it gives you that scale, that sense of worldly connectedness. So then on the back, it's more intimate. It's the two states. And even though sometimes we have competitions between the states. I think the Metro is a good, a unifying position. And I think you kind of get that perspective that, okay, my county, my state, my country, you can keep zooming out and you're connected to the world. So, I wanted that micro and macro perspective.
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Artist Spotlight
Blake Bryant
Blake is a registered nurse by trade and works for the University of Kansas Health System and in 2023 will graduate from KUMC with his doctorate in nurse practice to become a Dermatology Nurse Practitioner. Prior to his health career, he obtained a degree in digital media and corporate communications/leadership at Washburn University. Since then, he has explored creative mediums from illustrating, digital drawing, lettering work, sewing, needlepoint, watercolor, glass etching, and most recently vinyl cutting. As a non-artist Artist, my ideas and designs come from a place of rigidity and my working processes is to let it flow and capture it at that moment. Blake is a tech guru, aquarium hobbyist, coffee connoisseur, and at times is described by friends to be a jack-of-all-trades.