Loren Begay

no. 18

Loren is a student up at the college. He grew up in the Navajo Nation around the four corners area. He loves mountain biking up Rock Canyon.

Karen Dixon

no. 17

Karen works at Provo Art & Frame on Center Street. I was very honored for her to let me paint her portrait. The owner was really nice and let me paint it in the studio above the store. Karen is awesome.

Patrick

no. 16

I met Patrick on University Ave on July 27th. He has a rad fedora hat which he is in love with. It did get him a date which he was nearly late for after graciously sitting for this portrait.

Kelly Weed

no. 15

Kelly is an Illustration student in the visual arts program up at the college. You can see some of her work here.

Xavier Pierce

no. 14

I stopped Xavier and his missionary companion on the sidewalk one day as they rode on their bikes. I steeped out right in front of them. I made a painting appointment with them. They both wrote it down in there little pocket planners and I wrote it in mine. Xavier is from Texas. He will be attending UVU this fall.

Manuel De La Cruz

no. 13

Manuel works at a restaurant called, Se Llama Peru, on Center Street. Go check it out! Muchas gracias Manuel por sentarse para el retrato en el sol tan caliente en su dia libre.

Jeremiah

no. 12

I met Jeremiah on several occasions at his former place of employment and one of my favorite stores: the Deseret Industries. He hummed a crazy tune he made up as I painted him.

Ken Sika

no. 11

Ken Stika builds beautiful handmade guitars and has owned and run the Great Salt Lake Guitar Co. on Center Street for years. We set up in the shop above the show room. Ken seemed quite content to sit and tell me stories of his life's adventures as we listened to KRCL on the radio and I painted. Thanks Ken.

Corey Fox

no. 10

Corey is the owner of the music venue, Velour, on University Avenue in downtown Provo. I wanted to paint a strait-on portrait of him but he insisted I get his awesome grey streek and bun on the back of his head. So I painted his profile. I think this was a good decision.

Joe

no. 9

I met Joe walking his black puppy dog, Broccoli, down the street in my neighborhood. His beard and his puppy match quite well. And Joe really likes eating vegetables so they are a good pair.

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.

Gary Killpack

no. 7

Gary works in an antique store on Center street. He is also a sculptor. Some of his work was recently displayed in the Covey Center for the Arts Gallery in downtown Provo.

Jabbar Hudson

no.6

Jabbar is a student at Steven's-Henagar College. He is a very big fan of Star Trek. I realized after I brought this one home that I didn't get his ear painted. Oh well.

Julie Fife

no. 5

Julie is a friend. Her's was the first painting I did down at my usual location next to Wells Fargo on University Avenue. Julie was fun to paint. She was talkative and very helpful. Julie once lived in Jerusalem.

Suzanna Kincaid

no. 4

I met Suzanna at church. I wanted to paint her because her hair is so awesome. I wish I would have cropped the composition in closer on all those curls. I also painted her in the same place as Liz (#3) but with a bit better lighting.

Liz Stika

no. 3

I met Liz at Aspiro, a wilderness/adventure therapy program where we worked together. In every photo that I took of her on the trail she looked like a pretty young Mother Theresa. She just has this glow. Well, I set her up for this portrait in some bad lighting. This is the result.