This color poster explores the Oklahoman identity, and it is consisted of two parts, or two similar flags. The upper part of the composition shows the first state flag, which was used from 1911 until 1925. Since Oklahoma was the 46th state to join the Union, the blue, sans serif number 46 was placed inside the white star fimbriated in blue. After the October Revolution in Russia, some citizens considered that design as too Soviet, as too revolutionary. The first, “red” flag of Oklahoma was replaced with the current, “blue” standard in 1925. 

The lower part of the poster represents my humorous “proposal” for the new state flag of Oklahoma in 2022. Although my “proposal” is not serious, it elegantly promotes the Oklahoman Route 66 and invites visitors to see it. The visual connection between the numbers 46 and 66 is not accidental; both numbers are two-digit and end in 6. The purpose of this artwork is to immediately catch the attention of the audience: the Mother Road is bigger than life in Oklahoma!

2021: Presented on the meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Flag Association, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

2021: Selected for Create Challenge, the Top 15 Entries, online poster exhibition, Tom Love Innovation Hub at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

2021: Published in The Vexilloid Tabloid, No. 90, Portland Flag Association, Portland, Oregon, USA (a vexillological bimonthly)