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.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

SILENT AUCTION EXTENDED!!

The Hour Provo exhibit stayed up at Coleman Studios longer than planned so if you made a bid in the silent auction and have been waiting to hear back I apologize.

I am extending the silent auction to December 21st, 2009!
To make a bid on a portrait email me with the following:
-the name and number of the portrait.
-how much you want to bid.
-Please tell me if you are the model or a friend or family member bidding on the portrait for the model.

Sorry, some of the later portraits have not been posted yet but I will get them up soon, likely Monday morning, December 21.

Many portraits have not been bid on yet!

Remember: Proceeds benefit the Provo Food and Care Coalition

1 comment:

  1. I just read about this project in my BYU Alumni Magazine. What a great idea. My husband and I used to live in Provo and actually used to volunteer at the Food and Care Coalition, so we think this is such a great cause! We're living in Rhode Island and are in the middle of law school, so we aren't able to bid on a painting right now, but I wanted to just say keep up the awesome work! It's inspiring to me to think of ways I can use my own art to benefit the lives of others! You set a really great example. Thanks and good luck to you!

    ReplyDelete

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.