The Same Yesterday, Today and Forever

Mixed Media on Board
38" x 61.5"
Framed

Original Available
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I am a mormon artist. I choose to work with patterns, symbols and color.  Symbols and patterns are at the heart of religion.  They allow each individual to learn and grow at their own pace and they can also be a means of veiling deeper, more sacred things.

For me this painting unites temples old and new, and explores symbols of earth and heaven.  It connects the past and future, death and life, lesser and higher laws, and Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods.

The bottom area of the painting represents the Telestial Kingdom with its star motif.  The colors and textures are rough and earth-like symbolizing our current world, with a repeated pattern of the six pointed Star of David. The middle circle above represents the Terrestrial Kingdom with its moon symbols.  The top three concentric circles represent the Celestial Kingdom with its three degrees of glory, the highest surrounded with a sun pattern. The colors and textures of these two kingdoms are fluid and ethereal symbolizing heaven, with interlaced circles representing generations linked through time.

The linear form of the Salt Lake temple is representative of a blueprint or plan of what our lives should be built like and its colors represent an increase in light and truth as it reaches heavenward.  The ancient temple of Solomon is reflected below as a shadow and foundation of things past.  Between them is the baptismal font serving as the entrance gate.  This gate is open to all generations of people if they are willing to consistently follow the divine pattern.  The House of the Lord is the only way that we can ascend from this world up to the highest degree of heaven with a fullness of beauty, joy and peace.

The Garden Gate

Mixed Media on Board
20" x 24"
Framed

Original Available
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After our first parents were drawn out from the garden of Eden, the Lord God placed at the east end of the garden of Eden cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the tree of life. Lest man should put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever in their fallen state.

To portray this event, I chose a style that is reminiscent of ancient eastern designs. I wanted to show how it might have been represented in biblical times, rather than how we may imagine it from our current western point of view.