Richard Dutcher

no. 33

Richard is a movie writer, director, actor and producer. He has been making films for at least 12 years. He owns Main Street Movie Company. The company is in an awesome old house in south Provo not too far from where I live. He loves sitting out on the porch every day. I've often seen him sitting there enjoying the weather when riding my bike. He sat in his directors chair on the porch while I painted. The porch is obviously shady. No problem though. His assistant, Krik, assisted me in setting up all the reflector panels they use in filming to bring the sun under the porch and get the lighting just right. Richards thin glasses were quite challenging.

Jesse Grasser

no. 32

Jesse is from Germany. He is studying digital media at Utah Valley University. I met him the day before I painted his portrait. It was really sunny and hot when he sat for this portrait. Thanks Jesse!

Duane Call

no. 31

Duane introduced himself to me at Trendz Cafe as he was looking at my paintings that are on display. I thought, great I can paint a business man. It turns out he's does and has done just about anything, including painting. He lives in Provo with his wife and four daughters and is a long time resident. I was fortunate enough to get to do this painting in part of Justin Hackworth's studio area. I like the red wall.

Ellen Buchert

no. 30

Ellen is a wonderful and peaceful woman. I got to go paint her portrait right in her backyard. She has animals and trees and a garden. Afterwords her kind daughter made us a great lunch. I did something crazy. I ate tomatoes. I never eat straight tomatoes. They had some huge ones plucked right from the backyard. I really liked them. Maybe I can go back there claiming I forgot a brush and get more fresh tomatoes...

My Outdoors Studio

I have painted almost every one of these portraits outside.
I am quite used to spending hours in the sun. For the person sitting for the portrait it is not always so easy. I don't really have any indoor studio space so I don't have a real great alternative. Though everyone begs me to paint them in the shade I don't like to because it's flat lighting provides little contrast and shadow shapes. The sun creates very rich color and strong shadows on the face. Friday was a very hot day so I found an almost perfect solution: my portable bicycle work stand, lights from Home Depot, and an abandoned store front in the shade. My very own studio, kind of. It worked but my light wasn't quite as rich as the sun and my shadows not quite as dark. It was nice and cool though. No sun burns.
I like the sun!

Brent Wyatt

no. 29

Brent is originally from Colorado. I met him in the bookstore. He is a very colorful character. I liked the Hawaiian leis he decided to wear for his portrait. He likes to read a lot. I could hardly keep him out of the book store during the many breaks we took.

FREE DRINKS

Come check out a preview of some of my paintings on display in the new Trendz Cafe. 135 W. Center in downtown Provo. Also, today is the grand opening of Trendz Cafe and they are so happy about it they want to give you a FREE DRINK. Mmmm...free.

Tara Horsley

no.28

Tara owns the brand new Trendz Cafe located in Pioneer Book on center street. She has wanted to run a shop like this for a long time and has now made it happen. I met her while setting up my painting with Richard Horsley.

Dan

no. 27

Dan is an artist. He paints in oils and he paints in inks. His ink art is tattoos. You can find him at the Painted Temple in Provo. Dan stopped and talked to me on Center Street as I was painting Richard Horsley's portrait. He complimented my work. I went and checked out some of his paintings on display where he works then painted him the next day. We were lucky enough to be able to set up for this sitting indoors at the F-Stop Cafe which his wife runs. Thanks Dan.

Richard Horsley

no. 26

I recently met Richard while looking for some old books. He is the owner of Pioneer Books in downtown Provo. He has been a merchant in Provo for 50 years. He is very tall and very friendly. Almost every person that walked by as I was painting him on the sidewalk knew him. Nobody walked by that he didn't have a friendly chat with. Go by and check the store out. Get an old copy of a Stienbeck classic or one of those new vampire books everyone likes. If you run into Richard be sure to tell him your last name. He will likely be able to teach all about the origins and history of your family. This painting was done in the shade which was quite challenging for me because of the flat lighting.

Rob Williams

no.25

Rob has lived here in Provo since the 70's. For the last four years he has been a star feature at open-mike night at a local live music venue. He has come to be known as "Rockin Rob". He is very friendly. His smile, which he is well known for, can hardly be held back because he loves laughing so much. He was fun to paint. I had a hard time not laughing along with him.

Kimbra Kimbra Kimbra...

This is Kimbra. Why is her portrait not done? Day one: we got started too late and it got dark in my awesome studio, which is the outdoors. Day two: it got very cloudy really fast and rained in my studio, really hard. It even flooded a bit. Day three: not yet...

Bryan

no. 24

Here is the one and only, as he is popularly known here on Provo, Mr. B-MONEY. B-Money grew up here. He is all about Provo. He loves to write and sing raps, most of which have to do with the life here in Provo.

Justin Hackworth

no. 23

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Justin is a photographer here in Provo. His studio is right above Gloria's Little Italy on University Ave and Center St. I usually paint in the little tiny plaza close to his studio. He stopped one day to ask me why I am always painting right there and what I am doing. I explained the project to him and he liked it. So, I painted him. He recently did a project in which he shot photos of local mothers and daughters each day of April and called it "30 Strangers". The people he photographed did not pay a session fee. Instead, they made donations to the Center for Women and Children in Crisis. Justin is a great photographer. Go check out his work.

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Justin Hackwoth Photography

Cameron Sevy

no. 22

I met Cameron last week. He was sitting on the corner playing some nice little tune on a recorder as he waited for the bus. He was very nice and very friendly. Today's painting went a little over time. But it's OK, we had to keep Mickey, the dog, entertained.

Lance

no. 21

Lance was walking around town with a date when he happened upon me as I was painting Jeremiah (no. 12). He really liked what I was doing and asked if he could have his portrait painted. It was a really warm, sunny day when he sat for his painting. I think that he may have gotten a sun burn on half of his face. Sorry Lance!

Kristi T

no. 20

Kristi T rode by on her bicycle a couple of times as I was painting. She stopped to check out what I was doing. Of course I asked her to sit for a portrait also. She gladly did.