New Paintings Completed

One By One - The Messiah by Al R. Young

Things have been very busy at the Studio, and we've been a little slow to get our recently completed paintings posted to the blog. We thought we'd quickly catch up with paintings Al and Elspeth finished in February:

Al completed One By One - The Messiah, the third painting in a series of images focusing on the ministry of the resurrected Savior among the inhabitants of ancient America. The following passage from 3 Nephi 17:18-21 was inspiration for the piece:

And it came to pass that when Jesus had made an end of praying unto the Father, he arose; but so great was the joy of the multitude that they were overcome. And it came to pass that Jesus spake unto them, and bade them arise. And they arose from the earth, and he said unto them: Blessed are ye because of your faith. And now behold, my joy is full. And when he had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them.

She Hath Done What She Could by Elspeth Young

by Elspeth Young

Elspeth finished the second half of the diptych, She Hath Done What She Could, depicting the two devoted disciple sisters, Mary and Martha of Bethany. This painting of Mary with her alabaster box is called She Hath Come Aforehand.

And being in Bethany...as [Jesus] sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head...And Jesus said...She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. Mark 14:3, 6, 8-9