Rescue At The Sweetwater desert and Kikazaru

and Kikazaru

in the fray that is motherhood

The reference for this painting came while I was taking a group of BYUI painting class students to visit Jackson Wyoming

the word uttered by Mary Magdalene as her eyes were the first to behold the resurrected Savior

THE GREAT SUPPER

Rescue At The Sweetwater desert and KikazaruIn 1856 the Martin and Willie Handcart Companies became stranded in the high plains of Wyoming, due to early snowstorms and food shortage. President Brigham Young mounted a large rescue effort of many wagons loaded with food and supplies. Many of these wagons turned back convinced that it was impossible, and they themselves were in jeopardy of dying. A small number of these wagons persisted in the attempt however, and found the Martin Company in early