You best watch out, ’cause printmaker extraordinaire, Drive By Press veteran, and all around cool kid Katy Seals just rolled into Norman all the way from hometown Temple, Texas. She is the new grad student for the OUPD (not the po-lice, the printmaking department), so keep your eye out for some sweet new woodcuts and other cool stuff that will most definitely be turning up in shows around town.

Where are you from?
Texas, but now I stay in Norman.

What do you do?
I make images, cook things, shoot guns, and enjoy life.

Who or what do you use for inspiration?
Hillbillies, dreams, Lisa Frank, Mucha, Pushead, Robert Crumb, Edward Gory, Dirty Printmakers of America, Amazing Hancock Bros, Dennis McNett, Sean Starwars, creepy photos, Ed Wood, Joseph Velasquez, My fam, Jon Benne Ramsey, and mermaids.

What artists do you respect right now?
Camille Rose Garcia, Mike Giant, Clayton bros, Bill McRight, DeWitt, and Katherine Polk.

What are you sick of?
Trendy art, bruises, and flaky folks.

What music are you listening to recently?
Warren Zevon, T-Rex, Scarface, Z-Ro, Super Joint Ritual, and the Sword.

What is your first creative memory?
Drawing with vine charcoal on the walls of my parents house, and also using a stamp with a bear wearing a tutu. I was destined to work with a repeated matrix.

What is your favorite food/drank spot in Norman?
Well seeing as I’ve only been here for a week I’m no judge but so far it’s the Diner and Himalaya for food and Blu for a drink. It’s stumbling distance from my house.

Anything else?
Don’t marry a sailor, keep your nose clean, and don’t put all your eggs in one basket, and help free the west memphis three.