Comments on: Harvest paintings in Sept. Ensign

By: Th.

Th. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:19:46 +0000

At the risk of turning this into a panoply of short thcomments, I remembered that Last Supper was actually my second JKR—the first was CHERUBIM AND A FLAMING SWORD, which is wildly striking a so different from Last Supper. I think it was not just the individual excellence of the two paintings, but their gross differences that really drew me to his work.

I’m big on artists who can do variety, no matter the medium.

By: ldsartcollector

ldsartcollector — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:05:09 +0000

It’s amazing how much influence an artist can have on a religion and how people view important events, people, and beliefs.

http://www.ldsartcollector.com/

By: Wm Morris

Wm Morris — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:53:03 +0000

I was just reading that too, actually. It’s worth downloading the PDF version — a lot more images.

By: Th.

Th. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:12:48 +0000

Oh, hey: there’s a new interview with JKR up: http://mormonartist.net/issue-1/j-kirk-richards/

By: William Morris

William Morris — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:10:38 +0000

I completely agree that the Greg Olsen painting was a pleasant surprise, Larry. But “Laborers in the Vineyard” made a much bigger impression on me.

By: Th.

Th. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:10:00 +0000

If I’m not mistaken, that’s an older Olsen painting–back before he went off the deep end. Or maybe just before I knew he’d gone off the deep end.

So to speak.

By: Larry Ogan

Larry Ogan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:44:48 +0000

I agree that J. Kirk Richard’s creates some of the most interesting contemporary paintings in the LDS vernacular, I like “Harvest” better than the piece reproduced in the Ensign but that is just my taste. I also love the Mahonri M. Young sculpture. It’s design has a natural classic elegance combined with gentle power. Plus the Greg Olsen painting was a pleasant surprise. Maybe I just like paintings of natural looking pretty girls but I found the piece to be very appealing. But then I do have the guilty pleasure of enjoying 19th century romantic artwork.

By: Th.

Th. — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:11:34 +0000

. I love JKR's work -- have since it started being given prominent wall space in the BYU Bookstore. His work is like a revelation of what can be. I think the first I ever saw was his Last Supper.