Prince, a 26-year-old painter who lives in Logan with his wife, doesn't take pride over the fact that his work -- plasma on Plexiglas -- provoked such a reaction. He doesn't downplay it, either.
Prince's crimson images may blend similar responses for those who peruse the Utah Arts Festival artists' marketplace June 25 through 28, when his work will be displayed inside the main festival entrance at 200 East and 400 South, Salt Lake City.
The scarlet, wine, cherry and maroon tones of Prince's images enclosed in Plexiglas and sealed with resin don't come from globules on a palette. They come instead from the marrow of the artist's bones, through a vein in his left arm, into a syringe, and either straight onto a Plexiglas surface while bright red, or onto a refrigerator shelf where they grow darker with time.
"Almost all artists pour their heart into a work," Prince said. "I was reaching for more. I wanted to pour myself onto the surface, so figuratively reached into something that was a part of me."
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