Artworks From Al Young Studios

Four paintings featured in Easter exhibit

Al R. Young — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0700

The Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City opened an Easter exhibit this month featuring four paintings from Al Young Studios. The exhibit, located in one of the galleries on the main floor, runs until May of this year.

The museum is located at 45 North West Temple Street. Parking and other information are available on the Museum pages at the Church's web site.

Both of Elspeth's paintings featured in the exhibit come from the Women of the Bible Series: As It Began to Dawn, her painting of Mary Magdalene preparing to visit the tomb, and Blessed Is She That Believed, her painting of Mary at Pentecost.

Two of Al's paintings are also featured in the exhibit: And I Will Not Deny The Christ - Moroni, is a painting from the Heroes of the Book of Mormon Series, and I Shall Be Whole, is Al's most recent addition to the Women of the Bible Series.

Photographs are presented here courtesy of the Museum of Church History and Art.

This was originally posted on the Al Young Studios Blog.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Online art gallery revised

Al R. Young — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0700

The art gallery area of the Al Young Studios web site now takes visitors directly to images available in the collection.

For many years, artworks have been presented by artist, by subject category, or by media. These categories can still be used to sort the collection, but site visitors now go first to the images and then to the forms in which an image is available. A detail page for each image presents the original and the prints in which each image can be purchased.

The online Product Catalog remains unchanged.

The collection currently consists of 152 images created originally as 65 oil paintings, 75 lithographs, 10 computer-generated illustrations (CGIs), and 2 block prints. In addition to the media in which the images were created (which might loosely be termed the "originals"), the Al Young Studios currently offers 101 open-edition print versions of selected images.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

New Painting: She Hath Done What She Could: She Hath Come Aforehand by Elspeth Young

Elspeth Young — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0700

She Hath Done What She Could: She Hath Come Aforehand by Elspeth Young features Mary of Bethany from Mark 14. It is the latest addition to the Women of the Bible Series, and sells for $8,000 (unframed).

The oil on panel was completed in February and measures 24 in. x 32 in.

For more information, please contact Elspeth Young at Al Young Studios.

New Painting: One By One - The Messiah completed by Al R. Young

Al R. Young — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:45:00 -0700

One By One - The Messiah by Al R. Young features the blessing of the children during the ancient American ministry of the resurrected Messiah. It is the eighth painting completed in the Heroes of the Book of Mormon series, and sells for $10,000 (unframed).

The oil on panel was completed in February and measures 18 3/8 in. x 37 3/8 in.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

New blogs created for Al Young Studios

Al R. Young — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:45:00 -0700

Al Young Studios announces its creation of two blogs:

The Studios blog provides behind-the-scenes coverage of studio projects, as well as posts presented in the spirit of sharing ideas that might be helpful in setting up and maintaining an art studio.

The Storybook Home blog is for the community of interest in The Storybook Home Journal™: "There's so much that goes into a storybook life, and so many photos, recipes, ideas, and tips that never make it into the pages of The Storybook Home Journal™, that we decided a blog would be the perfect medium to fill in the blanks for our subscribers, and anyone else interested in 'stepping into the story.'"

Press releases will continue to be posted to the main Al Young Studios site.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Artworks: Elspeth Young completes painting of Eunice

Elspeth Young — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0700

Established In The Faith, by Elspeth Young, is the most recent painting to be completed in the Women in the Scriptures series. It sells for $3,000.

It depicts Eunice in Acts 16 and 2 Timothy 1. The piece is an oil on panel (12.125 in. x 14.25 in. ).

For more information, please contact Elspeth Young at Al Young Studios.

Al Young receives viewer's choice award

Al R. Young — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:15:00 -0700

The Mother of All Living, by Al Young, is one of three artworks to receive a viewer's choice award at the Eighth International Art Competition. The award comes after five months in which exhibit patrons cast 13,000 votes for their favorite artworks from among the 197 on display at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City. (See "Visitors choose favorite art at the Church History Museum").

Works included in this year's juried exhibition were selected from among 1,149 entries from Latter-day Saint artists around the world. The exhibit closes Oct. 11th, but remains accessible on the Museum's web page.

The competition is 22 years old, and in 1987 Al was among artists featured in the first exhibition. His finely crafted pencil drawing, The St. George Temple, was selected that year from among 1,031 entries.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Artworks: Al Young completes painting of the Daughter of Jairus

Al R. Young — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:30:00 -0700

"I Say Unto Thee, Arise", by Al Young, is the most recent painting to be completed in the Women in the Scriptures series. It sells for $5,825.

It depicts the Daughter of Jairus in Mark 5:41-42. The piece is an oil on panel (15 in. x 21 in.).

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Elspeth Young to sign art calendars at the BYU Bookstore

Al R. Young — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:00:00 -0700

As part of Brigham Young University's annual Education Week, artist Elspeth Young will be at the BYU Bookstore, Thursday, August 20 from 4-6 pm, to sign The Women of the Old Testament 2010 Wall Calendar recently produced by Deseret Book.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Artworks: New prints made available from Al Young Studios

Elspeth Young — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:00:00 -0700

Choose You This Day (Puah) - 11 x 17	Choose You This Day (Puah) - 8 x 10	Choose You This Day (Puah) - 5 x 7	And He Shall Direct Thy Paths (Lois) - 8 x 10
And He Shall Direct Thy Paths (Lois) - 5 x 7	The Trial of Faith (Ruth and Orpah) - 11 x 17	The Trial of Faith (Ruth and Orpah) - 8 x 10	The Trial of Faith (Ruth and Orpah) - 5 x 7

Al Young Studios made available several new prints for the Women in Scripture Series today. The new additions are of Choose You This Day (Puah), And He Shall Direct Thy Paths (Lois), and The Trial of Faith (Ruth and Orpah).

The 11 in. x 17 in. prints sell for $25 USD; the 8 in. x 10 in. prints sell for $14 USD; and the 5 in. x 7 in. prints sell for $7 USD.

In addition to adding the new products, higher quality images of several paintings were added to the Women in Scripture Main Page.

For more information, please contact Elspeth Young at Al Young Studios.

New Painting by Elspeth Young - She Worketh Willingly With Her Hands

Elspeth Young — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:30:00 -0700

She Worketh Willingly With Her Hands, by Elspeth Young, is the most recent painting to be completed in the Women in the Scriptures series. It sells for $6,200.

It depicts Lydia from Acts 16. The piece is an oil on panel (24 in. x 32.25 in.).

For more information, please contact Elspeth Young at Al Young Studios.

New Painting by Al Young features the Woman with an Issue of Blood

Al R. Young — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:30:00 -0700

I Shall Be Whole, by Al Young, is the most recent addition to the ongoing series of paintings featuring women in the scriptures. It sells for $12,000 (unframed).

The oil on panel features the story of the woman, afflicted with an issue of blood for many years, who sought healing by touching the hem of the Messiah's robe (Matthew 9:20-22). Some of the symbolism in the painting is described, by the artist, on the main page for the painting at alyoung.com.

The painting measures 48 in. x 42.19 in. and is unframed.

This image brings to 32 the number of paintings in the series completed by Elspeth Young and Al Young.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

New Painting by Elspeth Young - Choose You This Day

Elspeth Young — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700

Choose You This Day, by Elspeth Young, is the most recent painting to be completed in the Women in the Scriptures series. It sells for $3,800.

The painting depicts the Hebrew midwife, Puah, from the book of Exodus chapter 1. Faced with choosing between fear of God and fear of man, this valiant woman chose, like the prophet, Joshua, to "serve the Lord." Her courage saved countless innocent children from slaughter and enabled the children of Israel to "wax very mighty" (Exodus 1:20). Her faithfulness was blessed by the Lord, who "made [the midwives] houses." From the Hebrew translation we learn that "houses" could indicate the building up or repairing of home, family, palace, or temple. Whatever the precise blessing conferred by the Lord upon this faithful woman, these words remind us of the blessings of eternal families, available in Holy Temples, where covenants "build up" and "repair" family ties so that they may last throughout eternity.

For more information, please contact Elspeth Young at Al Young Studios.

New Painting by Elspeth Young - And He Shall Direct Thy Paths

Elspeth Young — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700

And He Shall Direct Thy Paths, by Elspeth Young, is the most recent painting to be completed in the Women in the Scriptures series. It sells for $2,200.

This portrait depicts Lois, the grandmother of Timothy. In the Apostle Paul's second epistle to Timothy, he commends Lois as one in whom dwells "unfeigned faith" (see 2 Timothy 1:5). It is this abiding faith which the painting seeks to inspire and convey; faith in the Lord who directs the paths of those who trust in Him and His loving watch care.

For more information, please contact Elspeth Young at Al Young Studios.

Painting of Enos by Al R. Young included in gospel art booklet

Al R. Young — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:00:01 -0700

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has published a booklet containing images of original artworks to aid in gospel teaching in home and classroom. Available through the Church's Internet site as well as distribution centers, the booklet contains images from 110 original works of art.

The detail from the painting of Enos is among 20 images, featuring prophets and events from the Book of Mormon, by artists Arnold Friberg, Gary Kapp, Tom Lovell, Del Parson, John Scott, and Jerry Thompson. While some of the images in the booklet are available online for download, the detail from the painting of Enos is available only in the printed copy of the booklet.

For more information, please contact Al R. Young at Al Young Studios.

Elspeth Young honored at exhibition opening

Elspeth Young — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:00:01 -0700

Artist Elspeth Young was honored at an awards ceremony opening the Eighth International Art Competition sponsored by the Museum of Church History and Art of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her painting was among 18 to receive purchase awards, by which the artwork becomes part of the museum's permanent collection.

Held triennially since 1987, the 2008 competition included 1,089 entries from 36 countries (the birth country of artists participating), according to information provided at the gala opening. Two phases of jurying narrowed entries to the 197 works now on display in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, where the exhibit remains open to the public until Oct. 11, 2009. The exhibit can also be viewed on the Internet.

Sixty nine percent of artists submitting were born in the United States.

Media represented in the competition included 103 oil paintings, 11 watercolors, 9 mixed media, 9 cast bronzes, 9 ink on paper, 7 cast resin or stone, 9 carved wood, and a total of 40 entries in 17 other media.

For more information, please contact Elspeth Young at Al Young Studios.