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Ryan McCray-Smith is a New Orleans, Louisiana native, visual artist, creator and journalist. He primarily focuses on creating art inspired by the world around him, black culture and aims to be a voice for others as well as for himself.
He loves all things surrealist, spiritual, black, country, specifically southern country and comforting (like the color orange, or an autumn leaf). He hopes that with his journalism and visual art, he can invoke feeling in the outside world, get people to think, and challenge what may be seen as normal. He primarily works in ceramics and Watercolor, but loves a good print, and illustrative work.
Graduating from Louisiana State University and graduating with a dual degree: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in journalism, he aims to blend both journalism and art seamlessly, and is already beginning to do so with his blog, Oh My Stars.
With Oh My Stars, McCray aims to express himself while also uplifting the voices around him, being free with his words. Oh My Stars is to serve as a way to connect and build community, but also initiate conversation around art, the country, journalism, fashion, and more.
