Art in Provo is growing and fluctuating. "Hour Provo" is an effort to contribute to that growth and to allow the diverse people that make up our community to become the art themselves. These folks are just some of the elements and ingredients that represent Provo. Each individual’s portrait is captured in oil paints and painted directly from the live model in one hour.
Our community has a wealth of diversity. Some have been here for multiple generations while others have been here only months. Some ask for money for food and some ask for political votes. There are musicians, businessmen, children, artists, mothers, students, old and young, poor and rich. There are many beliefs and many ethnic backgrounds. All are equal. Whether prominent or subtle, each individual is given the same attention as a part of "Hour Provo". Each is painted in one hour and each is equally represented.
Please contribute to our community.
-STEVEN
ps - I no longer regularly post to this blog but please look through to see all the 51 portraits. Quick links to each are on the side bar, or just scroll through.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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.
Hey, I came here from Nienie and when I saw your project I instantly thought, "He's got to paint B Money...He's missing a great part of Provo unless he gets B." I'm so glad it's already been done.
Awesome project. I love Provo...I was born and raised there. And as I sit here in my midtown Manhattan cubical gazing at your pictures, I'm a little nostalgic for home.
steve. i'm so glad you painted b-money. also, i know you've been done with this project for a long time, but i'm so glad that i got to see the fruits of the idea you described to me so long ago! they're beautiful.
The art scene in Provo is growing and fluctuating. "Hour Provo" is an effort to contribute to that growth and to allow the diverse people that make up our community to become the art themselves. These folks are just some of the elements and ingredients that represent Provo. Each individual’s portrait was captured in oil paints and painted directly from the live model in one hour. Our community has a wealth of diversity. Some have been here for multiple generations while others have been here only months. Some ask for money for food and some ask for political votes. There are musicians, businessmen, children, artists, mothers, students, old and young, poor and rich. There are many beliefs and many ethnic backgrounds. All are equal. Whether prominent or subtle, each individual is given the same attention as a part of "Hour Provo". Each is painted in one hour and each is equally represented.
Hey, I came here from Nienie and when I saw your project I instantly thought, "He's got to paint B Money...He's missing a great part of Provo unless he gets B." I'm so glad it's already been done.
ReplyDeleteAwesome project. I love Provo...I was born and raised there. And as I sit here in my midtown Manhattan cubical gazing at your pictures, I'm a little nostalgic for home.
steve. i'm so glad you painted b-money. also, i know you've been done with this project for a long time, but i'm so glad that i got to see the fruits of the idea you described to me so long ago! they're beautiful.
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