CARSON CITY -- A Carson City barber and amateur painter, miffed that an out-of-state artist was chosen to paint Gov. Kenny Guinn's official portrait, has taken his scorn on a 50-state road show.
When Adam Baker learned earlier this year that an artist from Washington state would paint the official portrait of Nevada's outgoing governor, Baker took his own rejected portrait of Guinn to a bathroom in the state Capitol -- and photographed it above a urinal.
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Since then, he's taken the painting on a cross-country jaunt, photographing it above capitol urinals in the contiguous 48 states.
It took him a month, half of his savings, and a lot of peanut butter sandwiches and Red Bull energy drinks, he said.
Baker said he flew to regional airports, then "rented a minivan, took my sleeping bag and camped at all the Wal-Marts I could find."
Next week, he'll take the painting to Hawaii and Alaska for the last two urinal stops, then return to his barber shop, which also serves as his art studio.
