Winter Quarters Temple - Purple Spring

Winter Quarters Temple - Purple SpringImage Description: Purple Spring About the Artist: SCOTT JARVIE, a well known Utah based photographer, was born and raised in California. "I grew up in San Diego. I attended Brigham Young University. I have lived in Utah eleven plus years. I love the mountains. I love to travel. I speak five languages. I am basically a technically minded geek that comes from a family of artists. My favorite thing to do outside my business is STILL take pictures."

Pink Spires

If the walls of the temple could speak

A lover of the Pre-Raphaeli style

primarily through the western landscape

A young Jesus Christ with a wiseman handing him gifts

higher hopes

till it came and stood over where the young child was

where he spent a lot of time learning to draw

Portrait of Jesus Christ with a brown hood on his head

She is passionate about having a personal relationship with God and her Savior

Christ is depicted in this painting just barely on the brink of manhood

The portrayal is more symbolic than literal as it appears events surrounding the birth of Christ are taking place simultaneously - in actuality the events took place sequentially but we know in the east and the west a new star appeared