Kenvin Lyman (1942-2011) Jammin’ Over the Rainbow: A Pioneering Light Artist Is Remembered
We remember a Utah artist who was a pioneer in backlit art.
Kenvin Lyman 1942 – 2011
(This posting by Frank McEntire is excerpted from his article, “Kenvin Lyman: Jammin’ Over the Rainbow,” coming in the March issue of 15 Bytes and on his website at www.frankmcentire.com) Art is the honey of human experience gathered on the wings of sacrifice and hard work. ~ Kenvin […]
To Be In This Country V. Douglas Snow, a Tribute
Almost thirty years ago, V. Douglas Snow began building a studio half way between the small southern Utah towns of Grover and Teasdale. He expanded it over time to accommodate his bourgeoning art and family life. “It has grown into a jewel over the years,” said friend and […]
Enamored of the Visual Gaell Lindstrom 1919 – 2009
Gaell Lindstrom’s lifelong dedication to artistic endeavors was driven by a voracious curiosity for and delight in the visual world. For sixty years he mapped out a unique visual world, portraying in delicately rendered oil and gritty watercolors the visual splendors of locales far and near. Gale William […]
Gaell Lindstrom 1919 – 2009
Gaell Lindstrom, well-known Utah artist and teacher, passed away yesterday at the age of 90. Born Gale William Lindstrom in Salt Lake in 1919, the artist studied under LeConte Stewart at the University of Utah and earned an M.F.A. degree at the California College of Arts and Crafts. […]
Frederick Brayman 1943 – 2009
Utah artist Frederick Brayman passed away on Sunday, August 16. “Visual artist, poet, musician and antiestablishmentarian, Frederick Brayman, passed away on August 16th, 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born March 26th, 1943 in Seattle, Washington to Alice and Marshall Brayman. Funeral services will be held […]
Andrew Wyeth
Michael Kimmelman, writing in the New York Times, had this to say about Andrew Wyeth, who died in his sleep earlier today (Friday, January 16th): “Andrew Wyeth, one of the most popular and also most lambasted artists in the history of American art, a reclusive linchpin in a […]
The Conscious Awakening of Dreams: In Memoriam, Tom Mulder
by Captain Captain collective | photos by Skylar Nielsen Losing someone is never easy, and cleaning up what they left behind can be a daunting and melancholy task. In the fall of 2008 a group of local artists at Captain Captain Studios began to talk of putting on an exhibition for […]
Tom Mulder
Salt Lake City artist J. Thomas Mulder passed away just before Thanksgiving. Mulder was born to Dr. William and Gweneth Gates Mulder in Salt Lake City in 1939 and spent most of his life in the city. Mulder earned a BA from the University of Utah in 1957, […]
Earl Denet Dies
Earl Denet was in an automobile accident earlier today in South Jordan and did not survive. A Hopi and resident of Riverton, was well-known for his kachina dolls, figures carved from the roots of the cottonwood tree and given as gifts to young Hopi girls so they too can learn […]
Remembering Bill Seifrit
In our April 2008 edition of 15 Bytes we featured a remembrance of the late Bill Seifrit. Because a number of you have written us to thank us for the post and to share your own memories of Bill, we have decided to open this post as a […]
Completing the Last Masterpiece: Remembering Bevan Chipman
by Kindra Fehr Those of us who knew Bevan Chipman knew a man who dedicated his life to people. We knew him as the social worker that guided many, as the traveling painter who loved to ask directions if only for the opportunity to engage in conversation with the locals, and […]
Bevan Chipman 1934 – 2007
Bevan Chipman, a friend to many of us at 15 Bytes and a champion of the visual arts in Utah, died Saturday after a long struggle with prostate cancer. You can view some of his paintings at his website. Read about his role as a collector here and as […]
The Ascension of Classical Arts: An Interview With William Whitaker
Many are aware of classical art, but most are unaware of the fullness of the tradition, whose elements are so fundamental to the basic structure of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was a tradition that had its genesis with the Greeks, the Romans, subsequently the Renaissance revival, and […]
Theodore Milton Wassmer: 1910-2006
“I have lived to bridge the two worlds of the horse and buggy and the automobile,” Ted told me during an interview for The Salt Lake Tribune in March, 1994. “I drove a buggy as a young boy until my dad bought a car in 1916. He continued […]