You Twitchy Witch by James Bridges HERBAGE MAGAZINE Pencils are very cheap. You could probably find a few under your stash box right now. Paper’s not so bad either. So when you put the two together and you tell someone they can draw and they scribble something down, that doesn’t make them the next Keith Haring. It’s the same with every art form. The cream rises and it’s better damnit. It’s just better... Catie Hubbert was enrolled at Oklahoma State University with the full intention of becoming something that society had told her she would probably need in order to make it. By happenstance she enrolled into her first “formal” art instruction. That’s when she found love in the form of art. She walked away from that Aggie school with a bonafide BFA and now it’s time to do Catie the way Catie wants to do Catie. “It’s a really wonderful and fulfilling place to be. It’s hard to make it in the art world and make a name for yourself to the point where people recognize your work or come to you requesting a piece. It’s a really cool thing to experience.” Catie’s eyes were wide open. I called Catie a few days before meeting with her. I noticed something inside of her artwork that made me stop. I wanted to know more about the person that created this brilliant combination of color and design. I noticed a touch of magic and design that not many have the talent to match. I asked her what she attributed to her beginning success. “I think a lot of it is forcing myself to be uncomfortable. I put myself out there consistently now. I’m naturally a very shy person. I’m very awkward. I kind of made a pact with myself a couple years ago to do all of the things that I’m afraid of doing, all of the things that make me uncomfortable. So one of those things is music. Putting that out there for the world to see.. That’s been a huge milestone every time I post a video or something like that. It works the same with my art. I just consistently put my work out there without tearing myself down or telling myself that this isn’t good enough. I try not to worry if others are better. Just getting past that and sitting in that discomfort for a little while..It’s really paid off because people see my work now and it gets recognized.” Living and working around artists myself, I recognize when they go under the influence of wondering whether people like them as people, or they really enjoy their work. It’s a hard spot. I asked Catie if she had had her turn with that emotion.
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