Labor of Love by Lynde Mott

Labor of Love by Lynde MottAbout this Image: O woman, great is thy faith. Matthew 15: 28 This painting encapsulates in a simple composition much of the things I love: history, mothers with their children, delight in the midst of work, quilts, accurate clothing and warm, angular light. The subject is Jane Snyder Richards and her daughter Wealthy. The setting is Nauvoo, mid 1840s. Jane went into labor with her second child shortly after leaving Nauvoo for the exodus westward. Her

This painting is my interpretation of feeling illuminated with inspiration and reassurance

This is the moment where the good Samaritan is binding up the man who was injured from thieves

LINDA CURLEY CHRISTENSEN grew up in Idaho and Utah

(John 16:33) With the guarantee of hardship comes the hope and the reason for joy

Inspired by the many images of Mary's angelic visitation

in principles such as paying a full tithe

Jesus walking on the stormy sea

This tender scene could represent the girl’s earthly mother

- Daniel 2:22

The light glowing off the book onto the figure is splendid and appropriate

Patterns of this mortal experience

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee