Tag: Alvin Gittins

Porter Rockwell Through Alvin Gittins’ Eyes: Myth and Man Captured in Paint”

By Emily Larsen on January 5, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

On the site of the old state prison, where developers are promising a city of the future at the point of the mountain, ground was recently broken for the first stage of the development: a grand boulevard named after one of Utah’s more notorious citizens: Porter Rockwell. Called […]

Awkward Moments | Visual Arts

Alvin Gittins: Painting in a Leather Jacket

By Shawn Rossiter on August 29, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Portraits are almost awkward by definition: how to pose; to smile or not to smile; what to include in the background. All these decisions, and the primary decision to have ones portrait painted in the first place, give all but the best portraits a sense of awkwardness. Self-portraits […]