The Oklahoma landscape continues to influence his work, especially the vast skies and dramatic sunsets that filled his upbringing. “I grew up in a small town in southwestern Oklahoma where you have big skies, rolling plains, and amazing sunsets,” Wyatt shares. “I love a good sunset - there’s something captivating about that transition, the colors – I try to memorize every moment.” These moments of natural transition deeply inform the palette and energy of his paintings.

Inspired by her father’s sharp style and presence, Tulsa-based artist Charisa Dené Jacobs explores the power and complexity of Black male identity through professional dress in her solo exhibit, The Professional and Other Works. Opening September 5 at the Tulsa Artists’ Coalition gallery, the show features life-sized oil portraits of imagined Black men dressed in timeless suits and western wear—each piece a statement on pride, presence, and personal expression.

One day, she burst out laughing about the idea of a tiger in a business suit—and that bizarre, funny image kept resurfacing in our conversations. We built whole scenarios around it and eventually said, “We should draw this!” That was the spark.