2013 Big Swanky Art Collection

Big Swanky Art Camp 2013

This summer marked the second annual Big Swanky Art Show and in case you didn’t know, we thought it was absolutely fantastic! It was hosted at Rainbow Fleet in the Paseo Arts District.

Big Swanky Art Camp 2013

We worked in collaboration with 6 other artists from the Oklahoma autism community, as well as 5 creatives from the local art scene who mentored us, over the course of 2 weeks, in creating a whole new original collection comprised of over 20 masterpieces. The experience was amazing.

DavidWe worked at Istvan Gallery, a downtown gallery space owned by our dear friend, Stephen Kovash. We felt cooler than cool!

Big Swanky Art Camp 2013

One of our favorite things about this experience was the opportunity to partner with some really special people, and not special because they have autism, or because they are brilliant at what they do, but special because they have the most amazing hearts and were willing to share them with us.

Big Swanky Art Camp 2013

If you were able to attend the show, we hope you liked it and that you come again next year.

If you didn’t get a chance to see this year’s creations, take a look!…

THE EVOLVED FORM OF A CATERPILLAR

The Evolved Form of a Caterpillar

It’s the fully evolution of a butterfly. It has great living things like outside where it could fly.David

 

THE KING OF PRIDE ROCK

The King of Pride Rock

It’s to have a pet in front of you, a loving cat.David

 

SUMMERTIME BLISS

Summertime Bliss

I love these lovely butterflies and flowers.Ashley

 

THE PARADE OF PETS

The Parade of Pets

These are our pets. Some people own pets.Allie

 

PAWS AND CLAWS

Paws and Claws

They’re so great and they play outside, doing outside things.David

 

 GOOD OLD PETS

Good Old Pets

You can take care of it or you can watch it grow. I held a baby kitten with my two are hands. I wouldn’t hurt it, I would just talk to it and be nice to it.Lindsay

 

THE GREAT STORYTELLING PORTRAITS

The Great Storytelling Portraits

I made that one with the alligator. Shark, Jellyfish. The best part is that it’s got different tastes and personalities as each one tells a different story.David

 

 THOUGHT PROCESS

Thought Process

I made the ones with hearts and one with a rose.Allie

 

“I’M STILL HERE.” LOVE, PLUTO”

"I'm Still Here." Love, Pluto

They always seen a shooting star. The best part is that you get to see a meteor shower in real life.David

Everybody did this. It’s the planet up in the solar system.Allie

 

 EXPLOSION IN A PAINT FACTORY

Explosion in a Paint Factory

I just had a big huge memory that was in my head and then all I have to do is get some paint. I just went for it.Lindsay

 

 READ BETWEEN THE LINES

Read Between the Lines

I did the owl and named him Joe, after Joe Jonas.Ashley

 

 THE WAVES OF MUSIC

The Waves of Music

I remember drawing a 19th century beautiful black and white portrait of a pirate ship. It looks really interesting. I cut it out very, very slowly.Lindsay

 

 TECHNOLOGIC

Technologic

This was a very excellent painting as unexpected. As I painted various components of a desktop it felt like I painted the right thing of old technology parts. My favorite part is great worth if you have a backup and it saves your files.David

 

 LOVE LETTERS

Love Letters

Two people fall in love and write love notes.Allie

 

 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SEASONS

The Wonderful World of Seasons

I like winter the most and awesome favorite holiday as it snows outside it looks beautiful. New Years.David

 

 POKEMON

Pokemon

Those are 5 painted fingernails and they’re catching Pokeballs.Chris

 

 

 ROOT BEER IS CAT BLUE

Root Beer is Cat Blue

That’s root beer and colors.Chris

 

 SMILE FOR THE WEBCAM

Smile for the Web Cam

It feels great when you’re broadcasting it on Youtube with your brand new computer. The best part of the webcam is that it takes snapshots of your favorite interests like your postal mail service or your favorite technology product.David

 

What did you think of this year’s collection?

We’ve got HQ prints of these images in the works. The first 15 comments get a free print when they arrive from production!

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Our newly redesigned blog is live!

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Welcome to our newly redesigned blog! We are so excited about our new platform for sharing!

Ashley-Swanky

Here are a few things you can expect from the new blog:

HOW TOs

This is one of the areas we’re most eager to begin exploring. We want to share how we create some of our products as well as what our creative process looks like!

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Want to participate with us in something entrepreneurial? Now is your chance! Starting this fall we’ll begin hosting a few creative workshops that are focused around the creation of a product!

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We’re designing a new calendar for 2014!

Calendar 2014

Everybody, we have an important announcement to make. We’ve officially started work on an all new calendar for 2014!

This will be our fourth original calendar to design. We’re so excited because our product seems to improve each year!

Calendar 2014

Calendar 2014

Calendar 2014

The calendar will feature our original designs for each month as well as little tidbits about each of us and who we are beyond our artwork.

Calendar 2014

Calendar 2014

Calendar 2014
Calendar 2014

People are really going to like the colors that we used and they’re going to want to know how we did it.Lindsay

Calendar 2014

It’s going to be so gorgeous!.Ashley

Calendar 2014

A fresh new look! New goals change every year.David

Calendar 2014In your opinion, what makes a great calendar? Do you have any ideas we should explore?
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