Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during December 2015.... Read more »

Tags: Vertical Forests, 2015, Fine art photography, News, Tanner M. Young

By Al R. Young The The Nutcracker issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - Into Your Castle (3 pages)Hearth - A Superb Little Man (4 pages)Kitchen - Twilight Had Fallen (6 pages)Garden - The Christmas Woods (4 pages)Workshops - A Graceful Little Stairway (2 pages)Bookshelf - The influence of Hoffmann's works, as well as adaptations of them, include some of the greatest artists in history... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 16 No. 1, 2015, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

By Al R. Young An article entitled "POW Survivor, Convert: I'd Endure It All Again Just to Have the Book of Mormon", summarizing the narrative presented in My Father's Captivity, appeared today on LDS Living.... Read more »

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By Al R. Young
Before requesting a rush order from Al Young Studios, please be aware of the following:Expedited shipping is already built into our shopping cart.  Consequently, expediting the shipping of a product does not require a request to rush an order.

With rare exception, all Studios' inventory is printed on demand; therefore, rushing an order means printing the product more quickly than usual.  And inasmuch as Al Young Studios out-sources all printing services, rushing an order involves not only arranging for a third party to produce the item more quickly, but printing it without delaying other orders whose delivery is already scheduled... Read more »

Tags: 2015, News, Operations announcements, Orders and shipping

Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during November 2015.... Read more »

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Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during October 2015.... Read more »

Tags: Cathedral Light, Gothic Splendor, Stone Entrance, Mountain of the Lord [Panorama], Evening Walk, Cloud Motion, 2015, Fine art photography, News, Tanner M. Young

By Al R. Young
Other Sheep I Have , by Elspeth Young, is among 98 artworks selected for presentation in the 10th International Art Competition sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  The exhibition opened to the public October 22nd and runs through the summer of 2016.  Entries submitted to the competition came from 944 artists in more than 40 nations.... Read more »

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By Al R. Young An article entitled "10 Breathtaking Images from Christ's Life that Will Help You See Him in a New Way" announces the opening of the exhibition associated with the 10th International Art Competition, and showcases Elspeth's painting among the ten artworks featured in the article.Other Sheep I Have... Read more »

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By Al R. Young The What Katy Did at School issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - A Row of Hooks (4 pages)Hearth - The Same Pattern (3 pages)Kitchen - J'aime beaucoup les oiseaux (4 pages)Music - My Turn to Play (1 page)Garden - A Bowl Full Of Chrysanthemums (5 pages)Workshops - Clean Clothes From The Wash (4 pages)Garret - The Gardens of Castle Threave (2 pages)What Katy Did at School is the 96th issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 15 No. 6, 2015, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

By Al R. Young
Growing Light  by Elspeth Young is one of thirty original artworks featured in a permanent exhibit now open to the public at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City.  After being closed for a year-long renovation, the Museum reopened on September 30, 2015, featuring the exhibit entitled The Heavens are Opened.  This flagship exhibit  focuses on the manner in which God worked through Joseph Smith and others to establish The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... Read more »

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Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during September 2015.... Read more »

Tags: Wild Sunflower Patch, Frozen Wilderness, Swiss Mountain Village, Christ Statue, Sablon Cathedral Window, Winter Night, Below the Mountain, After Rain, Left Neither Root Nor Branch, The Sky Opens, Shadows on the Mountain, Beyond the Ravine,

By Al R. Young He Restoreth My Soul is the newest oil painting to be added to the line of original artworks from Al Young Studios.

Click here to see a larger image of the new painting, read the artist's commentary, and look at the selection of prints--if any are available.... Read more »

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By Al R. Young The A Tale of Two Cities issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - Most Useful And Agreeable Characteristics (5 pages)Hearth - Spare Onions And The Like (2 pages)Kitchen - So Neat in Their Contrivances (4 pages)Music - The Liberty Song (2 pages)Garden - Under The Plane Tree (4 pages)Workshops - On The Shoemaker's Bench (2 pages)Garret - The Crossing Of The Bridge Of Skye (3 pages)A Tale of Two Cities is the 95th issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000... Read more »

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Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during June 2015.... Read more »

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By Ashton R. Young... Read more »

Tags: We Have Toiled All The Night, 2015, Framing, Project commentaries

By Al R. Young The Summer in the Jungle issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - Into The Bungalow (4 pages)Hearth - One, Two, Three! And Where's Your Party (8 pages)Kitchen - To Make Good Things (6 pages)Garden - The Lotus-Covered Water (2 pages)Workshops - Eat Thy Bread (2 pages)Summer in the Jungle is the 94th issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 15 No. 4, 2015, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during May 2015.... Read more »

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By Elspeth C. Young

Blessed, Honored Pioneer (Lucinda Pace) was painted by the artist in the studios at Ben Haven.  The completed painting was acquired by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for use in temples, and the Church also acquired all copy rights pertaining to the artwork.

Dimensions (unframed width x height)
30 in. x 60 in.

Support
Panel

Milestones
Research commences - November 2012
Painting commences - August 2013
Painting completed - November 2014

Equipment
Creating a painting often involves creating or modifying tools or making improvements to the studio itself... Read more »

Tags: 2015, Project commentaries, Tips and techniques

By Elspeth C. Young The grandchildren of Lucinda Pace (1805-1897) extolled her as a woman commanding a wonderful disposition, very quiet and mild . . . highly educated and the source from which [her children] received [their] early training in music, arithmetic, grammar, as well as the rudiments of education, being a great reader of church works.  Her biography also states that she went through all the hardships of the early pioneers with a firm and steadfast faith in God, never complaining for she felt that the Father could have caused conditions to have been different if He had so willed it... Read more »

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By Al R. Young This original artwork is unavailable for purchase or viewing online because it and its copyright are exclusive to temples.

The Lord Hath Anointed Me (The Messiah) was painted by the artist in the studios at BenHaven.  The completed painting was acquired by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for use in temples, and the Church also acquired all copy rights pertaining to the artwork.

Dimensions (unframed width x height)
30 in. x 51 3/4 in... Read more »

Tags: The Windows Of Heaven, 2015, Project commentaries, Tips and techniques

By Al R. Young Live audio recording of Elspeth Young's address at the Women's Conference held May 1, 2015, at Brigham Young University.

Elspeth's presentation discusses the faith and endurance required for creative endeavor.  She talks about her work as a studio artist, and features an example of faith from her research into the history of the Martin Handcart Company that immigrated to the Salt Lake Valley in 1856.... Read more »

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By Al R. Young Blessed Honored Pioneer is the newest oil painting to be added to the line of original artworks from Al Young Studios.

Click here to see a larger image of the new painting, read the artist's commentary, and look at the selection of prints--if any are available.... Read more »

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By Al R. Young He Hath Anointed Me is the newest oil painting to be added to the line of original artworks from Al Young Studios.

Click here to see a larger image of the new painting, read the artist's commentary, and look at the selection of prints--if any are available.... Read more »

Tags: He Hath Anointed Me, 2015, Al R. Young, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints, The Messiah Art Collection

By Ashton R. Young... Read more »

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By Al R. Young We Have Toiled All The Night is the newest oil painting to be added to the line of original artworks from Al Young Studios.

Click here to see a larger image of the new painting, read the artist's commentary, and look at the selection of prints--if any are available.... Read more »

Tags: We Have Toiled All The Night, 2015, Ashton R. Young, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints, The Messiah Art Collection

By Al R. Young The Dorothy Wordsworth at Grasmere issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - The Arrangement of Everything (4 pages)Hearth - Several Beautiful Pictures (5 pages)Kitchen - Friday-Baking (4 pages)Garden - Oh! For a Book of Botany (6 pages)Workshops - An Interlacing Of Sticks (2 pages)Garret - In the Lang Hollow of Threave (2 pages)Dorothy Wordsworth at Grasmere is the 93rd issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 15 No. 3, 2015, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

By Al R. Young Consider The Lilies is the newest oil painting to be added to the line of original artworks from Al Young Studios.

Click here to see a larger image of the new painting, read the artist's commentary, and look at the selection of prints--if any are available.... Read more »

Tags: Consider The Lilies, 2015, Elspeth C. Young, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints, The Messiah Art Collection, Women of the Bible Art Collection

By Al R. Young The North and South issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - Not One Quarter As Comfortable (5 pages)Hearth - The Spot Where She Had Sketched (4 pages)Kitchen - Make Me Some Tea, Margaret (3 pages)Music - Fanny's Morceau de Salon (2 pages)Garden - As If Beloved (4 pages)Workshops - With Roses Growing All Over (3 pages)Garret - The Songs Of Tungol (2 pages)North and South is the 92nd issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 15 No. 2, 2015, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

By Al R. Young The original oil painting, framed by Al Young Studios, hangs directly across from Door 15.... Read more »

Tags: Till We Meet Again, 2015, Exhibits, News

By Al R. Young The Dawning Of A Brighter Day is the newest oil painting to be added to the line of original artworks from Al Young Studios.

Click here to see a larger image of the new painting, read the artist's commentary, and look at the selection of prints--if any are available.... Read more »

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By Al R. Young With A Sincere Heart is the newest oil painting to be added to the line of original artworks from Al Young Studios.

Click here to see a larger image of the new painting, read the artist's commentary, and look at the selection of prints--if any are available.... Read more »

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By Al R. Young The original oil painting Till We Meet Again, by Elspeth Young, was recently purchased by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Inasmuch as all copyrights to the painting remain the property of the artist, paper prints and giclee-canvas reproductions of the painting will remain available directly and exclusively from Al Young Studios.  Requests to publish or otherwise reproduce the image in any manner should also be directed to Al Young Studios.

Laura Allred Hurtado, global acquisitions art curator for the Church, explained that one of the primary objectives in the Church's acquisition of art is its focus on the breadth of cultures represented in the growing, worldwide membership of the Church, and the significant contributions made by representatives of those cultures throughout Church history... Read more »

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journey from wilton, connecticut to nauvoo, illinois[In my sixteenth year] an Elder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was traveling through our country [and] preached there... Read more »

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