Monday, January 30, 2017

Easton's light

In honor of my grandson's upcoming baptism, I painted this for him as a gift to remember such a sacred event. It depicts him letting, "his light so shine before men that they may see [his] good works and glorify [His] Father who is in Heaven".

The Big Hole on Crow Creek

This Spring marks the 80th anniversary of my dad's baptism up in Star Valley. Since they did not have a formal baptismal font back then, they traditionally used the "big hole" on Crow Creek for such ordinances. Dad recalls that even though it was late Spring, the edges of the water still had a little ice ... brrrr! Though everything has changed up there now, I tried to recreate the place and atmosphere of how it might have been back then, using only dad's description and memories.