Utah Artist Profiles published in 15 Bytes, featuring magazine length profiles of Utah artists.
All artists have different ways of mark-making. Whether with a brush, pen, charcoal, palette knife, or stick, the artist adds a personal touch, making the work their own. For some it is what distinguishes them – sometimes it is what defines them. Van Gogh is known for fluid […]
When you’re an artist pursuing a career, Utah is the type of place you leave for cities like New York, San Fransisco, or L.A. Dana Costello did just the opposite. In 1996, she left San Fransisco to pursue her art in Salt Lake City. Costello, a California native, […]
This Friday, May 7th, Park City’s Kimball Art Center will open a unique exhibition: an artist’s retrospective that is in reality a group show. David Chaplin’s Opus is a retrospective that displays the personal work of this long-time Utah artist as well as the work of students he […]
photos by Steve Coray Ever since she can remember, Lori Nelson has called herself an artist. Growing up in a small orchard town, her artistic influences were limited, but her first trip to Spain as a foreign exchange student opened her eyes to a world of art. She became […]
photos by Steve Coray When artists from other countries work in Utah (which, despite some protests to the contrary, is hardly a melting pot) they are often labeled as a pure product of their country. Viewers automatically look to see clear evidence of that in their work. Some […]
photos by Steve Coray Standing beneath the life-sized drawing of an Allosaur and her young displayed along one wall of the Utah Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Tales Exhibit, the viewer is not only awed by the complete realism and preciseness of this image, but also by the […]
In 1962, Brigham Young University recruited Robert Marshall as their football team’s quarterback. Forty-one years later, he’s still at B.Y.U.– only now, he teaches painting. Art was the furthest thing from Marshall’s mind when he came to Provo as a freshman. His plan was to graduate from college […]
Often when meeting an artist in their studio, on their own turf, a viewer arrives with preconceived notions. But, when visiting Lisa Scopes Oliver in her Bountiful studio, to assume that one will view the average paintings, or have an ordinary conversation regarding paints, brushes and techniques, is […]
Aaron Moffet likes to go garage-saling occasionally. Usually, he is just looking for a good book to read or maybe a toy car for his young son. But in the back of his mind are the urban legends of finding an art treasure being sold for a pittance. […]
In a state known for its landscape painters, Ogden’s Brandon Cook could easily be mistaken for “just another landscape painter.” A cursory glance at his work might convince one to label Cook exactly that — just another landscape painter, accomplished in technique, but not much more. Nothing new. […]
I have visited many artists’ studios, but none that made me smile as much as Ben Behunin’s. Behunin, born and raised in Salt Lake City, has been working in ceramics full time for the past seven years. In addition to his artistic career, Behunin presides over Clay Arts, […]
Holly Mae Pendergast has always been one to follow her bliss. A bliss which has led her from her childhood home in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina to her current home in the hills above Utah’s Rockport Reservoir. In her stripped-down A-frame cabin she has little social […]
by Mark Dicosola When it comes to the European tradition of the old masters, classical realism is rarely seen and almost lost in the State of Utah. With these techniques and methods of training and artistic expression so rare, I am grateful to have found Kamille Corry. After […]
Salt Lake City artist Joe Venus has worn many hats in his life, but the ones he has most desired are the cowboy hat and the artist’s beret. Throughout his exciting life, Joe Venus has been a stock car racer, rattlesnake tamer, rodeo cowboy, arts organizer, and artist, […]
by John Erickson Jean Arnold has been “up to something.” Her transformation from competent observer to a mature personal voice spans ten years of hard work — as a friend, for years I have watched this evolution first hand. She has eschewed the expected use of perspective and […]
by Susann Spencer Fables Fine Arts had just been open a few months when State Sen. Ron Allen, a budding photographer in his own right, came into the gallery. As Ron perused the current exhibit, he brought it to the attention of Lynne Van Tress, gallery director, that […]
by Mikael Cal Romanoff Recently, with the opening of a new gallery on the West side, Mestizo, a group of artists and poets have come out of the woodwork bringing a new vision to Salt Lake City filled with vibrant colors and a South of the border flavor. […]
I have known Pilar for many years and it is always a pleasure to visit her in her beautiful home. She lives life as full, colorful and vibrant as the many paintings she has done over the years, many of which adorn her bright home. Pilar is from […]
I had never met Mark England, the spring morning when photographer Steve Coray and I approached his house in Alpine, Utah. Though I had seen his work in group and solo shows over the years I had never spoken with him. Luckily, after a short conversation on the […]
