I was driving home from an activity run with Mr.Nielson, when
he came up and send, Paul just called and said you have a flat tire.
It was the outside back dual on the right side. Someone had seen
it and called the district. I had not noticed any difference at that point.
Just as we started to work our way off the freeway, a car pulled up beside us
and held a paper up to the window that said, "Your tire is flat!" :)
Yes! It was!
This is what caused the trouble. We guessed it came from
the construction zone we had just driven through.
After about an hour of sitting off the American Fork Main Street exit, Sean
arrived in his little truck and went to work. He wasn't very big and he didn't
say much, but I can tell you he was fast and he knew what he was doing.
After the flat dual was off, he took the inside dual off as well.
State law requires both to be changed when one goes bad.
Then he went to work to mount two new tires at approximately $800 a pop.
The tires went back on much faster than they
came off and before long we were on our way.
My next adventure was to Helper, Utah. It is an old mining town near Price.
Most of the old abandoned buildings have been taken over by artists of various kinds.
The town is redoing their main street in hopes of being the next Park City of Utah.
The first artist we met was Steve Adams who graduated from BYU.
This is his mobile studio.
He lives and works in the old J.C. Penney's building.
It's just an old abandoned 1880's building.
He lives in the loft and overlooks his studio.
NEXT WE VISITED DAVID DORNAN from the U.
He taught at the University for 17 years, then left to do his own thing.
He uses graffiti spray paint for most of his backgrounds.
He uses a mirror so he can see his work in reverse when he wants.
"Want-a-be" artists come to him in Helper. He puts them up in
very primitive bedrooms and teachings them what he knows.
This is the work area of one of his best students.
This is still-life she was working from.
Finally we visited Kathleen Royster who works in clay.
She has a studio apartment above her work area and lives alone.
She works completely in porcelain.
These are some of the pieces she was working on.
She is famous for her blue on white pieces.
This is her potter's wheel.
This is her personal kiln.
None will ever have the class of Greg Olsen or James Christensen, nor will
their work touch as many lives if their present subject trends continue.
