"Deseret" In West Jordan

Deseret

In West Jordan 

West Jordan Temple

A Tribute to Brigham Young and His Desire to Call Utah “Deseret”

This is a real place in West Jordan that I came across while searching for a landscape of the West Jordan Temple... Upon seeing it, I was impressed by thoughts that came to me; these long rows of wooden hives all in white seemed indicative of what goes on in the Temple. 

Boxes of hives were representative of temple records and names of families whose work needed to be done. The bees are those working for those who can not do this work for themselves. Their labors create the sweet joy (honey) that results from doing this great temple work.

 This is a wonderful painting that has just recently become available in Giclee print.

I painted Deseret with a little of George Innis floating in the back of my head. For those who are not familiar with George Innis, he was one of the greatest American landscape painters of all time. I had the privilege of seeing this show in New York and then again in L.A. California.