On Moments

There was one big box, wrapped in polka dots and housing her 12th birthday present. I told her as she surveyed the seemingly sparse landscape: it’s a big one, I promise, so this is it. She opened it gingerly and took a suitcase out of the delicately unfurled paper. “Oh my gosh, I love this [...]

All is Well

Last week I needed a few things from Deseret Book, and after making my purchases I wandered over to see if any books I wanted to purchase had made it to the clearance rack yet. Instead, I caught my breath as I spotted a framed piece of art sitting there on sale. Even at fifty-percent [...]

At the Museum with Auden and Brueghel

During the mid-sixteenth century, the Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder created a work titled “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus.” If you did not have the title of the painting to guide you it would be quite easy to miss the impact of this particular piece. At first glance it seems to be a [...]

Why don’t we Create Better Art?

While I was in Utah few months ago for the opening of the Church Art Competition at the Church History Museum it was exciting to see the breadth of art with religious themes increasing and the variety and scope becoming greater. But the other day I found myself asking this question “Why don’t we (we [...]

Being an Artist

When I was in high school, other kids in my studio class senior year were going on to art school. I remember the signs up for portfolio days with the big schools—Pratt, Cooper Union, Chicago, RISD. “You should go,” my art teacher pressed. But when I thought about being an artist as a profession it [...]

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