On the Spot
Salt Lake's Wilson G. Martin
A Utah native,
Wilson G. Martin
graduated Cum Laude from the University of Utah in 1972 and is a member of the Economic and Geographic Honorary Societies. He attended Oxford Brookes University, where he received a Masters in Town and Country Planning.
He served as an officer on active duty in the United States Army until 1976 when he began work in Salt Lake City with the Division of State History/Utah State Historical Society, serving in a number of capacities.
He left state government in 1986 to complete a Masters of Philosophy degree in Architecture at the University of York. At York he also established Like Home Properties, a vacation heritage property business. He returned to Utah, with his wife and two sons, in June 1988, and was appointed Program Manager of the Preservation program, supervising more than twenty staff, at the Utah Division of State History. Shortly thereafter he began work in the Heritage Industry Development and Heritage Tourism, producing several partnerships and web published products. Continue to develop partnerships in Heritage Education, History and Historic Preservation. He was appointed Associate Director and State Historic Preservation Officer in January 2003, and Acting director in 2011.
 What have you been reading lately?
 I'm reading Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. I have always been interested in Apple products being the owner of two Ipads, two Ipods and further I used one of the first Macs to run a business in Northern England. I have also had an interest in the architecture of his home near Seattle and the electronic gadgets he had installed there.
What hangs above your mantel?
A painting by Randall Lake of a village scene in the Netherlands. I have known Randall for years, I traded a Persian Tabriz carpet for this piece. The carpet is still in his studio to this day and I have even caught a glimpse of it in a painting or two by Randall of his studio.
If you could choose one artist (living or dead) to paint or sculpt your portrait who would it be?
Johannes Vermeer. The style, to me, is both realism and romantic at the same time. When I have visited Europe I have sought out works by Vermeer.
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15 Bytes: About Us
Our editorial contributors this edition
The content you see in this magazine is provided by a fluid group of volunteers whose ability with the pen or camera is matched by their curiosity and enthusiasm for Utah's art world. 15 Bytes is an open community forum. If you are interested in writing an article, or providing images for our magazine contact editor Shawn Rossiter at editor@artistsofutah.org
 Tom Alder, a Salt Lake City native, left a 30-year mortgage banking career in 2009 to become a partner in Williams Fine Art, where he specializes in early Utah art. He holds an MA in Art History, teaches at the University of Utah, and serves on various boards in the cultural community. |
 Tyler Bloomquist, is a pursuing a BFA in Graphic Design at the University of Utah. |
 Jared Christensen grew up in North Ogden, Utah and finally moved to Salt Lake at the age of 18 to go to school. He is currently at Westminster College pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography. |
 Ehren Clark studied art history at both the University of Utah and the
University of Reading in the UK. He is now a professional writer. |
 Shalee Cooper is a freelance photographer and Curator. She is the Image Editor of 15 Bytes Magazine and an Associate Instructor at the University of Utah. She is currently working on The Heel Toe Project. |
 Laura Durham, a Utah native with a BA in Art History from BYU, has worked for the Utah Arts Council as the Visual Arts Coordinator for the past ten years, managing the Rio Gallery and coordinating traveling exhibits. She is a past Vice President of the Salt Lake Gallery Association and Program Director for Salt Lake Gallery Stroll from 2005 - 2010. She's assistant editor of 15 Bytes, as well as managing music editor. |
 Zoe Rodriguez, a native of San Francisco, is a full-time photographer and designer. She is currently working on What I Thought I Saw, a book project that challenges our perceptions of how we see people.
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 Les Roka, a native of Toledo, Ohio and classically trained violinist, received his doctorate in journalism and mass communication from Ohio University's Scripps School of Journalism. He has worked in public relations and taught at Utah State University and the University of Utah. In 2007 he established The Selective Echo blog, and has written for numerous other publications.
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 Shawn Rossiter, a native of Boston, has degrees in English, French and Italian Literature. He dropped out of a Masters program in Contemporary Literature to pursue a career as an artist. He founded Artists of Utah in 2001 and is editor of its magazine, 15 Bytes. |
 Portia Snow is a photographer living in Salt Lake City with her husband and nine-year-old daughter.
She loves capturing moments and surprises that hide in the spaces between. |
 Nicholas Wells, attorney and author, is the founder of Wells IP Law, a small Utah law firm with clients in more than 40 countries. A native of Utah who recently returned from a 3-year stint in the New York area, Nick holds JD, MBA, and LLM degrees. He is currently focused on publishing his first young-adult novel; he loves classical piano and cello and visiting art musuems in Paris and Amsterdam. |
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