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.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

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!


2 comments:

  1. Daniel and DawnAugust 24, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    Fantastic Steven!!!!! I love it!! That's why your a good artist, quick creative thinking!! I bet your randoms loved it!

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  2. AWSAugust 25, 2009 at 4:30 PM

    These are looking really good Steven. How many have you done? Now you just need to lure all the rest of your sitters to your stolen studio space.

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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.

Please contribute to our community.