May 3, 2021 | The Story Behind
Painted in 1998 “In 1998, my family and I took an extended trip to Britain. We resided in a friend’s holiday home in the picturesque village of Brassington. The purpose of the trip was to explore and paint as many LDS Church history sites as possible. While we were...
Mar 26, 2021 | The Story Behind
Painted in 2020 “This painting actually began when I was at what was then Dixie College in 1973-1974. At that time, St. George was a very, very small town and after coming from the San Francisco Bay area, I found myself going absolutely crazy with nothing to do...
Mar 4, 2021 | The Story Behind
Painted in 2019 “My interest in the painting entitled ‘Living Waters’ came from an early photograph looking up State Street about 1870-1880. You could see the Eagle Gate and the Beehive House, but behind the Beehive House, slightly to the left, was...
Feb 5, 2021 | The Story Behind
Painted in 2021 “In October 2019, President Russell M. Nelson challenged all members of the Church to think about what they could do to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and in particular,...
Jan 7, 2021 | The Story Behind
“This painting of “Nephi’s Temple” was completed in 2002, but prior to that time period I met with John Sorenson at Brigham Young University’s Ancient Studies. He talked to me about the type of structure the temple would have been. Based on the scriptures we...