Elizabeth Sampley
Owner of Little Sapling Market
Elizabeth Sampley is a creator of many trades. Professionally, she is a Senior UX Designer with years of experience crafting thoughtful, user-centered digital experiences. Creatively, she is an extensive hobbyist with a passion for trying everything.
Elizabeth’s artistic portfolio spans a variety of mediums—from eye-catching posters to the recent release of her debut book. Her work reflects a curiosity-driven approach, drawing inspiration from everyday life, pop culture, and the interplay between form and function.
Rachele Cromer
Rachele Cromer is an illustrator and designer working and living life in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Rach specializes in illustration work that is known for her whimsical use of color and playful depictions of the things that make her happy. She hopes her work will spark joy in whoever sees it.
She has worked with a variety of clients, from local food trucks to the Myriad Gardens, to the Curbside Chronicle, and her work has been shown across the state, including DNA Galleries, Factory Obscura, and the Paseo Arts and Creativity Center in OKC, and the Modella Gallery in Stillwater. She has created multiple murals across the state, including for festivals like Sunny Dayz and Plaza Walls.
Jackie Myers
Jackie Myers is a passionate teaching artist based in Oklahoma City. She enjoys exploring collages and printmaking.
With a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and an alternative certification in teaching art, Jackie’s passion is sharing the arts with others. Jackie has taught art classes at camps, local businesses, and public schools for over twelve years.
Jackie’s current artistic interest utilizes vintage, printed, or painted paper. Gelatin plate printmaking with vintage magazine images and acrylic paint is Jackie’s go-to studio activity. Jackie combines ironic ideas, pop culture, mass production ideology, and humor in her collage pieces. Nostalgia is a big influence in her art. Currently, her favorite subject matters are ring pops and sassy country toads.
Sofia Arenas
A multidisciplinary artist and designer whose work explores identity, culture, and connection through color and storytelling. As a first-generation Guatemalan-Peruvian American, she creates from the in-between, shaped by heritage, everyday life, and community.
Her creative practice spans graphic design, illustration, murals, and needle felting. She has collaborated with organizations like Adobe, Curbside Chronicle, the OKC Thunder, and Visit Oklahoma City, and she leads the visual branding for Festival Chapín, work that earned her recognition from the President of Guatemala. Sofia was named a NextGen Under 30 honoree, featured in 405 Magazine, and selected as a Next Generation Latino Entrepreneur by StitchCrew.
She is also the co-founder of All Those Creative OKC and a community advocate passionate about helping artists of color thrive. Her connection to Little Sapling began through Leadership Arts, a program with the Oklahoma Arts Council that deepened her belief in the power of creativity to build lasting change.
Hutton Eby
Hutton Eby is a graphic designer based in Texas. She enjoys creating robust brand identities that allow her to dance between print and digital mediums, integrating her passion for typography whenever possible. In her free time she reads, watches old Barbie movies, and cuddles with her cat, Butter. Hutton is happily available to take on projects of all kinds.
Zan Miller
Hello there! My name is Zan Miller, and I am an OK based artist with an affinity for all things spooky. I have been drawing ever since I could hold a crayon, and have been pursuing art as a career since 2020. I have a background in traditional art, animation, and I have a degree in 3D modeling. I left my architectural visualization job of 7 years to pursue my own dreams of being a comic book artist. I have been creating my comic book (Cinder) since 2020 and continue to pursue that as my passion project. Since starting this new journey, I have faced: intense isolation, financial hardships, and I have worried myself sick to the point of developing an ulcer. I would still say it was all worth it. I'm happier now than I have ever been in my adult life because of it. I also work as a part-time librarian and I love it. The local art community has been a huge morale boost and motivation for me in this journey, which is why I'm glad to be a part of this shop :)
Alexis HorseChief
Alexis HorseChief is a visual artist with a concentration in ceramics. Her works have been featured at the Gardiner Gallery during the Annual Student Juried Exhibition
in the spring of 2018 and 2019 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. HorseChief was the studio monitor under Professor Brandon Reese in Stillwater, Oklahoma from August 2019 to May of 2020. She graduated in May of 2020 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics
and Watercolor as well as a Bachelor of Arts: Multidisciplinary in Art and Psychology with minors in Art History, Psychology, and Spanish from Oklahoma State University. In 2022 HorseChief began her venture as an independent artist. She focuses on producing
thrown functional works as well as creating hand-built functional pieces. HorseChief
continues to create conceptual nonfunctional sculptures that reflects her life.
