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Quote of the Day

Thomas Jefferson once said, "Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed their only firm basis-a convection in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God? They are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep forever."

"A Miraculous Request" Giclee Print

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"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.

Quote of the Day

Eminent Man
George Washington: "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. The smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained."

Quote of the Day

Eminent Man
Christopher Columbus: "Our Lord unlocked my mind, sent me upon the sea, and gave me fire for the deed. Those who heard of my enterprise called it foolish, mocked me, and laughed. But who can doubt but the Holy Ghost inspired me?"

"White Edifice of the Desert" or The Saint George Temple

This striking landscape of the Saint George Temple captures the early morning sunlight  illuminating white clouds under the veil of a blue sky.

The saints were not so successful with cotton but they produced a heavenly white temple to the Most High in 1877, the oldest continually operating temple in the Church.