Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Kye Lynch. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Kye, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Do you wish you had waited to pursue your creative career or do you wish you had started sooner?

I’m the kind of person to live without regrets, but in the long run I do wish I would have focused in a lot sooner. Growing up I was the kid that stayed in during recess to read comics and draw characters. It was around 8th-9th grade that I turned my attention to being an athlete, not knowing I could be great at both. I was still blessed enough to have the creative element around constantly because I attended an arts school. Being there gave me the chance to still learn and develop as an artist, but if I hadn’t put all my attention in one direction, I could very easily be further ahead.

Kye, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am a 24 year old visual artist hailing from Baltimore Maryland. I have been taking my art career to a different level for about 4 years now. What really made me focus in and make this my profession was not wanting to work a job just to get a check. I want to be able to leave a legacy. I wanted to be completely independent and have fun while doing what I do best. While I haven’t reached that goal yet, I can see it coming very soon. I work with multiple different mediums like paint, pencil/pen, and digital. These mediums allow me the opportunity to apply my designs in different forms such as murals, canvas paintings, graphics, animation (in the future), tattoos, and clothing as well.

I provide my clients with a chance to visually represent themselves with the clothes they wear, the decoration of their spaces, or symbolic representation on their skin. As an artist it is not only my job to best depict my stories and struggles but also to help others tell theirs. Outside of my passion for the work, what sets me apart from other artists is my attention to detail and wanting my works to speak for themselves. I want people to look at my work and see exactly what point I’m trying to get across. Currently I still feel as though I’m the “development stage” of finding my artistic voice, so I’m not quite there yet. I’m really just playing around and trying things until I can find what I want to say.

As of right now, I’m most proud of the fact that I took the leap to take my gifts seriously. It has opened doors I didn’t know I could walk through and I’m praying for more to continue to open in the future!

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

Over the past decade or so, I think society has gotten a lot better at supporting creatives through things such as Voyage and giving kids the opportunity to focus on their passions in magnet schooling. With all that said, I think we could be better at supporting artists by making creative resources readily available the same way they give college students internships for other trades. Yes, that is something that is already in play but with arts being a profession that is so wide spread the chance to learn behind some of the greatest minds and being in the same space with other artist is very hard to come by after leaving school. If you aren’t already known before leaving, growing and getting your name out is almost impossible without the right resources and resilience.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding thing is being able to keep my “child mindset”. I think kids are some of the most creative beings walking, living in their innocence. They think about some of the wildest things and in order to be an artist, you need creativity. Whether it be to create a design or problem solving while in the design process.

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