Selection Committee
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Luke Hamilton
Currently residing in Alpharetta GA, Adjunct Professor at Georgia State University Luke Hamilton holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA). He’s gained professional experience in art framing, large format printing, being a gallerist and instructional art education. Near the time of completion of his master’s degree at SCAD, he was a co-founder and curator of the Red Kite Studio in Savannah, where he co-hosted several art shows and openings. He uses this past experience as a gallery associate at Kai Lin Art in West Midtown Atlanta, where he has been a vital part of the galleries’ prosperity, co-hosting shows, cataloging inventory, updating the website and many other daily duties.
For the past decade and a half Luke has also worked in graphic design, production, and installation, using multiple print applications at large format printing companies. He is a published freelance illustrator with several clients including many advertising agencies within the Atlanta area. He is currently a member of the Sketch Atlanta Figure Drawing group and has co-hosted live figure drawing sessions at Hunter Studios in Marietta, GA. He has been participating in life drawing groups from the time of his graduation in 2007.
Since 2007, Luke has been creating commissioned art pieces as well as self published work through his own self proprietorship of Three Crows Illustration. His work reflects his love of figurative illustration, featuring beautifully rendered figures in a mix of different poses and scenarios. His work has consisted of portraits of people and pets, fantasy illustration, figurative life drawing, and graphic design.
Luke Hamilton
912-547-8248
luke@threecrowsillustration.com
Instagram @threecrows
Facebook @threecrowsillustration
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Jacob O'Kelley
Jacob O’Kelley is an Atlanta-based arts and cultural professional. His interests and ambitions lie in uplifting artists, primarily in the Southern United States. He received his BFA in Drawing and Painting from Georgia State University in 2016. He is currently an MBA candidate at the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech.
In 2018, he co-founded ShowerHaus, a curatorial project most notable for its experiential, guerilla-style programming and The High Rise Show. He currently serves as the Gallery Director at Swan Coach House Gallery and Edge Award Manager for the Forward Arts Foundation. Recent projects include creating and co-curating SITE in 2024, 2025, and 2026; a 12 acre public art activation at The Goat Farm Arts Complex in Atlanta. He has also curated gallery exhibitions, The Song I Sang As You Swam Away and They Will Not Complete It In Their Lifetimes in 2025 and Earthly Delights in 2026 at Swan Coach House Gallery.
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Carolyn Propst
Carolyn Propst is the Chair and Founder of Quarter Life Crisis: A Twenty-Something Art show, as well as a portrait artist and stationery designer. She graduated from the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art Magna Cum Laude with her BFA in Painting and Drawing in 2019. After a brief stint as an artist’s business manager in Charlotte, North Carolina, she returned to her home in Atlanta to pursue painting full time. Since 2020, she has run Carolyn Propst Fine Art, specializing in oil portraiture capturing everyday moments of life. In 2024, she added Crafted by Carolyn to introduce custom wedding stationery and design and showcase her watercolor illustration skills.
Carolyn founded QLC in 2022 when she was in the midst of her own “quarter life crisis.” She was 25, self-employed, living at home, and planning a four month trip to Scotland to work on a fishing boat. It seemed like as good a time as any to single-handedly put together an art show. What came from that single afternoon contacting venues, creating a website, and reaching out to artist friends was a community show that captured the whirlwind experience of making art as a twenty-something in the twenty-somethings. Since then, the show has found a home at Echo Contemporary Art, where Carolyn works in her own studio. This year will be the third installment, and she is looking forward to many more.