Back in Pocatello (over a month ago) one day we took my mom downtown to have her portrait painted. There’s an artist who’s working on a project “Faces of Pocatello” or some such. If you walk into his studio on a Thursday he’ll spend an hour starting a portrait of you in oil paint. He takes a few digital photos to start, so he’ll have something for reference after the hour, and gets a good start in an hour. He’ll work on the painting for at least two or three more hours some time later without you being there. When it’s done, if you like it you can buy it; if you don’t, he’s happy to have it in his collection. So my mom figured she’d give him a try. Here’s the artist, and his dog, and the view of Old Town Pocatello out the window, and the portrait after the first hour.
