JT Daniels

This artist is known for his creative and bright bold unique artwork here in Kansas City. This artist’s name is JT Daniels and his work is something to admire. JT Daniels is a social activist who shows support through his artwork to uplift his community. His artwork can be seen all over Kansas City, either on the wall of small business, on streetcar stops and even in galleries. JT’s mixture of illustrations and bright colors gives a new perspective of ways artists can do street art. His signature style of art depicts amazingly draw characters that are infused with words in the forms of hair or in the background.

There is one staple mural down by The River Market at a very popular ice-cream shop that many people have seen here in Kansas City. This mural is found at Betty Rae’s ice cream shop on Delaware St. In his interview on Fox 4 News, he states “This is probably my favorite. I’m lactose intolerant, but I love ice cream. My kids love it. And I feel like a lot of people love taking pictures under it, being under the sprinkles falling down,” JT Daniels said. In every one of his pieces has a special signature of his, “I added the words ‘yep’ and ‘sup.’ ‘Sup’ is Surviving under pressure. Because I feel like everyone as humans are surviving under pressure at some point, and then ‘yep’ is a very Midwestern thing. I learned that from my grandfather before he passed,” Daniels said. All the vibrant colors and the illusion of the building melting gives this small ice cream shop character, there is always someone admiring his work even if they may not be stopping for ice cream. This mural has changed the atmosphere of this ice cream shop and many people enjoy to take family pictures here especially during the summer.