Muscogee (Creek) Kiowa artist Micah Wesley grew up observing his father, painter Tillier Wesley, and listening to his mother, the classically trained singer Pamela Wesley-Autuabo. Wesley earned a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from the University of Oklamoma. He is a painter and DJ based in Norman, Oklahoma. He described his artistic process as follows: “I paint my experience as a tribal member living in urban Oklahoma and the Southwest. I observe art history and indigenous art history of the America’s. My identity was forged from conflict, fear, family, heritage and fragments. Making faster and better decisions in the painting process has helped in my personal life and painting practice. I paint on multiple supports and use acrylic, oil and enamel.”