MEET THE ARTIST ANGELINA KORB

Hello! I’m so happy you’re here checking out my work! My name is Angelina Korb, known creatively as OK Korbie. I live in a small town at the top of Minnesota, where I was born and raised. It’s so cold here, so buy my art and help me move somewhere warm! :)

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I want to make the right choice when it comes to my career. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been drawing, singing, and constantly creating. I couldn’t stop if I wanted to. I’ll even skip a meal to finish a project that has pulled me in. Nothing would fulfill me more than having the time to fine-tune my craft and offer my creative services to others. With your support, I can bring countless ideas to life.

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When I look back, certain paintings represent checkpoints in my life. A few years ago, I felt a pull towards painting large canvases, maybe subconsciously compensating for my small stature. I challenged myself with a very large canvas painting of a rhino. Once I proved to myself that I was already enough and didn’t need to keep waiting until I felt more ready, I said, “OK, God, I want to do a mural.” Within two weeks, as I was shipping that rhino painting off to a buyer, I was approached out of the blue with an offer to paint a large-scale mural in my hometown. I knew this would be an important step in my art career and a chance to showcase what I had to offer my community.

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A few weeks into the mural project, I lost my soulmate, Cam. The world stopped. Here I was in the midst of my biggest break yet and all I wanted to do was lie down and give up. I knew I could probably walk away from this massive job to grieve, and no one would blame me. I also knew it could become an incredible success story if I pushed through. So, I took a week off and used painting as an escape, giving myself something to focus on while navigating the heartache. The mural turned out to be a huge success, and my story even made the news. Once that was finished, I took on another large-scale project: painting a food truck, just to further prove to myself that there was nothing I couldn’t do.

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After the food truck, I worked as a live-streaming auctioneer, which I really loved. It allowed me to afford the cost of living on a single income. I put art to the side for a while, only taking on little projects here and there in between. Somewhere along the way, the idea of making music became more realistic, something I used to only dream about. I was flown out to LA and shown how to make a song from scratch. That experience opened a whole world of possibilities for me. Finally, I could do something with the endless notes and lyrics I’d been writing down and saving for my future self, the person who would one day be able put them in a song. Some of those lyrics have even been with me since school, tucked away while I imagined what might be possible someday. Exploring my sound as a musician has been so much fun, and I’m proud to have my first song available on all major music platforms. Just search OK Korbie! There’s so much more where that came from. I’m excited to explore music as a creative outlet to the fullest, and I can’t wait to get back into the studio.