Jackson Narcomey
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Jackson Narcomey is a Muscogee Creek painter and printmaker, living in Oklahoma
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Jackson Leon Narcomey was born on January 25, 1942 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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His parents were the Rev. Raymond (1908–1962) and Frances Narcomey (1910–2001), who were both fullblood Creeks. Jackson grew up in Eufaula, Oklahoma
, located in the Muscogee Nation. In high school, Narcomey returned to Tahlequah to attend Sequoyah Indian School. There he studied studio arts under Riley White. His classes included very influential instruction in serigraphy
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Upon graduation, Narcomey joined the U.S. Air Force, serving as an on-board flight mechanic. He was honorably discharged after two years of service and returned to Oklahoma
and the Muscogee Nation.
Beginning in the 1970s, Narcomey developed his art career in earnest. He painted in the Bacone School
flat style as well as non-objective abstraction
and sculpture.
His paintings have won state and national awards and today are in private and museum collections. Narcomey also pursued a career as a commercial screen printer. He currently lives and paints in Okay, Oklahoma
.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
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Jackson Leon Narcomey was born on January 25, 1942 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Tahlequah is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It was founded as a capital of the original Cherokee Nation in 1838 to welcome those Cherokee forced west on the Trail of Tears. The city's population was 15,753 at the 2010 census. It...
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His parents were the Rev. Raymond (1908–1962) and Frances Narcomey (1910–2001), who were both fullblood Creeks. Jackson grew up in Eufaula, Oklahoma
Eufaula, Oklahoma
Eufaula is a city in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,639 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of McIntosh County.-Geography:Eufaula is located at ....
, located in the Muscogee Nation. In high school, Narcomey returned to Tahlequah to attend Sequoyah Indian School. There he studied studio arts under Riley White. His classes included very influential instruction in serigraphy
Screen-printing
Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate...
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Upon graduation, Narcomey joined the U.S. Air Force, serving as an on-board flight mechanic. He was honorably discharged after two years of service and returned to Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
and the Muscogee Nation.
Beginning in the 1970s, Narcomey developed his art career in earnest. He painted in the Bacone School
Bacone College
Bacone College is a private four-year liberal arts college in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Founded in 1880 as the Indian University by Almon C. Bacone, Bacone College is the oldest continuously operated institution of higher education in Oklahoma...
flat style as well as non-objective abstraction
Abstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
and sculpture.
His paintings have won state and national awards and today are in private and museum collections. Narcomey also pursued a career as a commercial screen printer. He currently lives and paints in Okay, Oklahoma
Okay, Oklahoma
Okay is a town along the Verdigris River in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 597 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Okay is located at ....
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See also
- List of Native American artists
- List of Native American artists from Oklahoma
- Muscogee Creek Nation