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.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Glen

no. 8


Glen grew up in Provo and is an antiques dealer downtown. I got to go paint him on the lawn of his beautiful historic home up on Columbia Lane. He is the third generation of his family to live there. I also found out that he is a painter himself.

1 comment:

  1. I love glen! He's an amazing man. You captured him beautifully and you were so close to my house. I really want to run into you one of these days :)

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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.