Rustic Bronze (top), Walnut Scoop (bottom),
and Gallery Wrap (stretched canvas image)
Walnut Scoop
Monday, December 13, 2010
Framing Options Now Available! Including Gallery Wrap
Rustic Bronze (top), Walnut Scoop (bottom),
and Gallery Wrap (stretched canvas image)
Sunday, December 5, 2010
The field is white already to harvest...
I have read and thought on this. There is so much that is worth painting!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
"A Miraculous Request" by Michael Bedard (commissioned painting update)
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A Miraculous Request
The appearance of Founding Fathers and Eminent Men and Women
to Wilford Woodruff in the Saint George Temple in 1877.
PRESIDENTS of the United States: George Washington of Virginia (1732-1799) John Adams of Massachusetts (1735-1826 4 July) Thomas Jefferson of Virginia (1743- 1826 4 July) James Madison of Virginia (1751-1836) James Monroe of Virginia (1758- 1831 4 July) John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts (1767-1848) Andrew Jackson of South Carolina (1767-1845) William Henry Harrison of Virginia ( 1773- 1841) John Tyler of Virginia (1790-1862) James Know Polk of North Carolina (1795-1849) Zachary Taylor of Virginia (1784-1850) Millard Fillmore of New York (1800-1874) Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire (1804- 1869) Abraham Lincoln of Kentucky (1809-1865) Andrew Johnson of North Carolina ( 1808-1875) EMINENT MEN: Louis Agassiz of Swiss- American (1807-1873) Naturalist Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte of France (1808-1873) Emperor Lord Henry Brougham of England (1778-1868) Statesman, Lord Chancellor of England Baron Edward George Bulwer-lytton of England (1803-1873) Novelist/Politician Edmund Burke of Ireland (1729-1797) Irish/English Statesman, Political Author Robert Burns of Scotland (1759-1796) Poet Lord George Gordon Byron of England (1788-1824) Poet John C. Calhoun of America (1782-1850) Statesman Count Camillo Benso de Cavour of Italy (1810-1861) Statesman, Diplomat Thomas Chalmers of Scotland (1780-1874) Religious Reformer Henry Clay of America (1777-1852) Statesman Richard Cobden of England (1804-1865) English leader of Free Trade Christopher Columbus of Genoa, Present-day Italy (1451-1506) Discovered the New World John philpot Curran of Ireland (1750-1817) Statesman Michael faraday of England (1791-1867) Scienist, Father of Electromagnetism Admiral David Glasgow Farragut of America (1801-1870) Navial Officer Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) King of Prussia David Garrick of England (1717-1779) Actor and Director Sir Edward Gibbon of England (1737-1794) Historian Johann Wolfgang von Goethe of Germany (1749-1832) Father of German Literature Oliver Goldsmith of Ireland (1730-1774) Poet, Playwright, Novelist Henry Grattan of Ireland (1746-1820) Statesman Alexander von Humboldt of Berlin (1769-1859) Father of Physical Geography Washington Irving of America (1783) Father of American Literature Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson of America (1824-1863) Confederate General Samuel Johnson of England (1709-1784) Moralist, Writer , Lexicographer Benito Pablo Juarez of Mexico (1806-1872) President, Statesman John Philip Kemble of Englind (1757-1823) Shakespearean Actor, Director Baron Justus von Liebig of Prussia (1803-1873) Father of Organic Chemistry David Livingstone of Sottland (1813-1873) Missionary, Physcian, Explorer Martin Luther of Eisleben, Saxony, Holy Roman Emppire (1483-1546) Monk, Theologian Thomas Babington Macaulay of England (1800-1859) Historian, Essayist, Politician Lord Horatio Nelson of England (1758-1805) British Naval Hero Daniel O' Connell of Ireland (1775-1847) Statesman George Peabody of America (1795-1869) Philanthropist Hiram Powers of America (1805-1873) Sculptor Sir Joshua Reynolds of England (1723-1792) Painter
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller of Germany (1759-1805) Poet, Dramatist, Historian
Sir Walter Scott of England (1771-1832) Poet, Novelist
William Henry Seward of America (1801-1872) Statesman
George Stephenson of England (1781-1848) Father of the Railway
William Makepeace Thackeray of England (1811-1863) Humorist, Satrist, Novelist
Amerigo Vespucci of Italy (1454-1512) Navigator
Daniel Webster of America (1872-1852) Defender of the Constitution
John Wesley of England (1703-1791) Divinity Scholar, Preacher
William Wordsworth of England (1770-1850) Poet
Count Dimitrius Parepa of Romania (ca. 1800's ) Baron Georgiades De Boyescu
EMINENT WOMEN:
Jean Armour of Scotland (1767-1834) Wife of Robert Burns
Jane Austen of England (1775-1817) Novelist
Mary Ball of America (1708-1789) Mother of George Washington
Sarah Barnard of England (1800-1879) Wife of Michael Faraday
Charlotte Bronte of England (1816-1855) Novelist
Felicia Dorothea Browne of England (1793-1835) Poet
Elizabeth Barrett Browning of England, (1806-1861) Poet, Wife of Robert Browning
Farncis (Fanny) Burney of England, Madame d'Arblay (1752-1840)
Jane Butler of America (died 1728) 2nd Wife of Augustine Washington, father of George Washington
Martha Caldwell of America (died 1802) Mother of John Caldwell Calhoun
Eleanor Calvert of America (1757-1811) Wife of John Park Custis
Charlotte Margaret Carpenter of England (1770-1826) Wife of Sir Walter Scott
Elizabeth Christina of Prussia (1715-1797) Wife of Frederick II
Charlotte Corday of Normandy (1768-1793) French Patriot
Saraah Creaghv of Ireland (dates unknown) Wife of John Phillpot Curran
Martha Parke Custis of America (1755-1773) Daughter of Martha Washington
Martha Dandridge of America (1732-1802) Wife of George Washington
Rachel Donelsonv of America (1767-1828) Wife of Andrew Jackson
Elizabeth Dykes of Ireland (1795-1865) Wife of Thomas Moore
Abigail Eastman of America (1737-1816) Mother of Daniel Webster
Mary Anne Eden of England (died 1865) Wife of Lord Henry Brougham
Maria Edgeworth of England (1767-1849) Novelist
Anne Fairfax of America (dates unknown) Wife of Lawrence Washington
Henrietta Fitzgerald of Ireland (dates unknown) Wife of Henry Grattan
Grace Fletcher of America (1781-1828) Wife of Daniel Webster
Sarah Ford of England (1669-1759) Mother of Samuel Johnson
Sarah Margaret Fuller of America (1810-1850) Social Reformer
Elizabeth Gurney of England (1780-1845) Religious Social Reformer
Frances Henderson of England (1768-1805) Wife of George Stephenson
Frances Herbert of England (c. 1758-1831) Wife of Lord Horatio Nelson
Matilda Hoffman of America (1791-1809) Betrothed of Washington Irving
Priscilla Hopkins of England (1755-1845) Wife of John Philip Kemble
Lydia Huntley of America (1791-1865) Author
Mary Hutchinson of England (1770-1859) Wife of William Wordsworth
Elinor Junkins of America (1825-1854) Wife of "Stonewall" Jackson
Emily Chubbock Judson of America (1817-1854) Author (Fanny Forester)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon of England (1802-1838) Poet and Novelist
Charlotte Von Lingefeld of Prussia (1766-1826) Wife of Frederick Schiller
Sarah Van Brugh Livingston of America (1757-1802) Wife of John Jay
Frances Locke of America (1811/1812-1849/1850) Poet
Marie Antoinette of France (1755-1793) Queen
Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-1780) Empress, Mother of Marie Antoinette
Margarita Mazza of Mexico (1826-1871) Wife of Benito Juarez
Emily Lamb Melbourne of England (1787-1869) Wife of Lord Palmerston
Anna Isabella Milbanke of England (1792-1860) Wife of Lord Byron
Mary Russell Mitford of England (1787-1855) Playwright, Novelist
Hannah Moore of England (1745-1833) Religious Author
Lady Sydney Morgan of Ireland (1780-1859) Novelist
Anna Murphy of Ireland (1794-1860) Author, Archaeologist
Jane Nugent of England (1734-1812) Wife of Edmund Burke
Mary O'Connell of Ireland (1775-1836) Wife of Daniel O'Connell
Lady Catherine Pakenham of Engand (c.1727-1831) Wife of Duke of Wellington
Countess Demetrius Parepa of England (1815-1870) Mother of Euphrosyne Parepa
Euphrosyne Parepa of Engand (1836-1874) Opera Singer
Dorothy (Dolley) Payne of America (1772-1849) Wife of James Madison
Mary Philipse of America (c.1728-1822) English Patroit, Friend of George Washington
Catherine Maria Sedqwick of America (1789-1867) Novelist
Isabella Shawe of England (1818-1894) Wife of William Makepeace Thhackeray
Sarah Kemble Siddons of Wales (1755-1831) Engllish Actress, Sister of John Philip Kemble
Abigail Smith of America (1744-1818) Wife of John Adams
Mary Fairfaz Somerville of Scotland (1780-1872) Mathematician, Scientist
Eva Maria Veigel of England (1724-1822) Wife of David Garrick
Christiane Vulpius of Prussia (1764-1816) Wife of Goethe
Mildred Warner of America (died 1701) Mother of Augustine Washington
Martha Wayles of America (178-1782) Wife of Thomas Jefferson
Wife of John Washington of America (dates unknown)
Wife of Henry Washington of America (dates unknown)
Wife of Lawrence Washington of Americal (dates unknown) 2nd wife
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
"A Miraculous Request" update Nov 3, 2010 Michael Bedard
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Brother's Keeper Video
Here is a recent video of my painting, Brother's Keeper. I hope you enjoy it.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Founding Fathers' Appearance to Wilford Woodruff 1877
“I am going to bear my testimony to this assembly, if I never do it again in my life, that those men who laid the foundation of this American government and signed the Declaration of Independence were the best spirits the God of heaven could find on the face of the earth. They were choice spirits, not wicked men. General Washington and all the men that labored for the purpose were inspired of the Lord.
Another thing I am going to say here, because I have a right to say it. Every one of those men that signed the Declaration of Independence, with General Washington, called upon me, as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Temple at St. George, two consecutive nights, and demanded at my hands that I should go forth and attend to the ordinances of the House of God for them.... I told these brethren that it was their duty to go into the Temple and labor until they had got endowments for all of them. They did it. Would those spirits have called upon me, as an Elder in Israel to perform that work if they had not been noble spirits before God? They would not.” (Wilford Woodruff, Conference Report, April 1898, p. 89-90)
Thursday, September 30, 2010
"A Miraculous Request" Current commission underway, scheduled to be completed December 2010
Limited and open edition prints will be made available at the same time.
Make the world a more beautiful place
by commissioning a work of art! Call 801-803-3415
One of my favorite scriptures concerning prophets and the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ:
Proverbs: 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
The Founding Fathers & Wilford Woordruff
A Miraculous Request
The founding fathers, early United States Presidents and other eminent men appeared to Wilford Woodruff in the St. George Temple in 1877.
I personally believe this to be one of the most important paintings I have done or will ever do (I've certainly done more work and research on this painting than any other...). I hope it will have a good effect.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Brother Joseph
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"Brother Joseph" Joseph Smith, the prophet and seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it. In the short space of twenty years, he has brought forth the Book of Mormon, which he translated by the gift and power of God, and has been the means of publishing it on two continents; has sent the fullness of the everlasting gospel, which it contained,
to the four quarters of the earth; has brought forth the revelations and commandments which compose this book of Doctrine and Covenants, and many other wise documents and instruction for the benefit of the children of men; gathered many thousands of latter-day saints, founded a great city, and left a fame and name that can not be slain.... - Elder John Taylor of the Council of the Twelve, D.C. 135:3
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A commission I worked on from a possible photograph of Joseph Smith... if it isn't Joseph Smith Jr. it should be!
Giclee Prints on canvas
Giclee Prints on canvas
Image size | price |
16 x 20 | $160 |
8 x10 | $40 |
6 x 8 | $24 |
Saturday, February 20, 2010
New Commissions and Projects for 2011
"Hurrah Hurrah For Israel!"
Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball are called under the most difficult of circumstances to
serve a mission to England.
"Awakened by Angels"
Nancy Naomi Tracy, Nauvoo Temple
"Parable of the Ten virgins"
Matthew 25:1-13
"Bulletproof George"
George Washington's miraculous escape from death
The Story Behind "Brother's Keeper"
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“Brother’s Keeper" 1856
Artist: Michael Bedard
James Kirkwood. an eleven-year-old convert from Scotland, struggled across the frozen prairie with his widowed mother and brothers. while his mother attended her crippled son and the handcart, James was responsible for his four-year-old brother, Joseph.
A snowstorm with icy winds strung out the caravan of beleaguered saints. James carried Joseph through rivers of ice, mud, and snow.
Ascending the last miles up Rocky ridge with little Joseph on his back, James arrived late at Rock Creek camp. Here, James Kirkwood succumbed to the extreme exposure of the day and breathed his last for the love of his little brother. He was buried in a common grave with thirteen others who perished that night. Little Joseph eventually made it into the Salt Lake Valley and went on to become a beloved Mormon Bishop of a large and grateful Salt Lake ward.
Giclee Prints on Canvas:
Image size | price |
16 x 26 | $208 |
14 x 24 | $165 |
8 x 13 | $52 |
5 x 7 | $18 |
The Story Behind "Ascending Rocky Ridge"
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"Ascending Rocky Ridge"
Artist: Michael Bedard
The day we ascended Rocky Ridge “I’ll never forget as long as I live. It was a bitter cold morning in October as we broke camp. . . Father and Rueben were on the burial detail. Mother, who was helping to pull the heaviest cart, had stayed behind until they could finish their sad work. After a short service we, with my cart, ran ahead to catch the rest of the company, and Mother and Rueben started to follow. Father collapsed and fell in the snow. He tried two or three times to get up with Mother’s help, then finally he asked her to go on and when he felt rested, he would come on later, Mother knew in her heart that he had given out, but perhaps, she said in a few minutes with some rest he could come on. She took the cart and hurried to follow us.” Later the next day their father was among the deceased.
- William James, Willie Handcart Company
"The Coldest Hour of the Twenty Four"
Artist: Michael Bedard
“Truly an act of courage and love not to ever be forgotten;
Brother David P. Kimball, George W. Grant, and C. Allen Huntington, during ‘the coldest hour of the twenty-four,’ carried many of the ill-fated Martin Company across the Sweetwater River at Devil's Gate to Martin’s Cove.”
- Patience Loader, Martin Handcart Company
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"First Vision of the Restoration"
Artist :Michael Bedard
The personal appearance of Jesus Christ and God the Father to Joseph Smith in the early spring of 1820 marks the most glorious event since the resurrection of the Savior.
“I saw a light, and then a glorious personage in the light, and then another...”
-Joseph Smith
Bedard Fine Art Gallery 801-803-3415
Giclee Prints on Canvas:Image size | price |
48 x 24 | $595 |
15 x30 | $225 |
10 x 20 | $95 |
9 x 18 | $40 |
6 x 12 | $25 |
4 x 8 | $15 |
3 x 6 | $7 |
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Artist :Michael Bedard
The Nauvoo Temple is a beautiful sight in the winter season. All is quiet, and the light is clear and soft on the eyes. This is the same time of year that many of the early saints received their temple blessings before the great exodus west.
Bedard Fine Art Gallery 801-803-3415
Bedardfineart@hotmail.com
Giclee Prints on Canvas:Image size | price |
20 x 30 | $295 |
16 x 24 | $195 |
8 x 12 | $45 |
10 x 15 | $50 |
6 x 9 | $20 |
3 x 6 | $7 |
"Brigham’s Call to Rescue"
Artist: Michael Bedard
At General Conference on October 5, 1856, President Brigham Young announced that “many of our brethren and sisters are on the Plains with handcarts, stranded without food and provisions, . . . seven hundred miles from this place, and they must be brought here, we must send assistance to them . . . . We must bring them in from the Plains. . . . I shall call upon the Bishops this day, I shall not wait until to-morrow, nor until next day, for sixty good mule teams and twelve or fifteen wagons.”
-Brigham Young
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"A Glorious Light"
Artist :Michael Bedard
The personal appearance of Jesus Christ and God the Father to Joseph Smith in the early spring of 1820 marks the most glorious event since the resurrection of the Savior.
“I saw a light, and then a glorious personage in the light, and then another...”
-Joseph Smith
Bedard fine art gallery 801-803-3415
"Don't Look back"
Genesis 19:24-26
24 Then the Lord rained upon sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Giclee Prints on Canvas:
Image size | price |
24 x 36 | $429 |
12 x 18 | $108 |
6 x 9 | $27 |
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Genesis 6:14-18
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and with out with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubit the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt the make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven;and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, an thy sons' wives with thee.
Giclee Prints on Canvas:
Giclee Prints on Canvas:
Image size | price |
12 x 28 | $168 |
6 x 14 | $42 |
3 x 7 | $10 |
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Joel 2:28-32
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke,
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness. and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
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