By Al R. Young
Images of Reality, Truth and Love in the Bible and Literature, published by The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, features Treasure the Word by Elspeth Young, from Al Young Studios' Women of the Bible Fine Art Collection.Treasure The Word... Read more »

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By Al R. Young The At Home for Christmas issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - Your Own Comfortable Home (2 pages)Hearth - Find the Extraordinary (4 pages)Kitchen - It's Christmas Time Again (6 pages)Music - When Christmas Morning Shines (2 pages)Garden - Help Is Nigh (3 pages)Workshops - A Little Farm (3 pages)Garret - The Making of the Stars (3 pages)At Home for Christmas is the 109th issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 18 No. 1, 2017, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

By Al R. Young
supplemental material
to a series of workshops articles appearing in the following issues of the storybook home journal
"The Snug Outbuildings" - Lorna Doone (Vol 17 No 6)
"A Little Farm" - At Home for Christmas (Vol 18 No 1)
"A Bold Dash for the Barn" - The Scarlet Pimpernel (Vol 18 No 2)
introduction

Gifts are often something new or, if not new, at least valuable because of sentiment or significance.  Unprepossessing as it looked when the salvage of a 48-year-old fence was delivered to our driveway in the summer of 2014, it was indeed a gift, in every sense of the word... Read more »

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Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during October 2017.... Read more »

Tags: Morning Haze, Mountain Haze, Autumn Calm, Mountain Serenity, Autumn Silence, Autumn Color, 2017, Fine art photography, News, Tanner M. Young

By Al R. Young The Lorna Doone issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - Careful of the Linen (5 pages)Hearth - Like a Picture or a Dream (4 pages)Kitchen - Of Dairy Business (8 pages)Garden - Scenting the Linen Press (1 page)Workshops - The Snug Outbuildings (2 pages)Garret - Traceries of Time and Music (3 pages)Lorna Doone is the 108th issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 17 No. 6, 2017, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

By Al R. Young This blank-book journal sells for $32 (plus shipping) direct from Al Young Studios.  Printed in full color on heavy paper, the book is bound with black plastic spiral to rest flat when open.

In Their Footsteps: A Personal Journal  features 29 original artworks consisting of 18 original oil paintings from the Artists of Al Young Studios, 2 images from the Studios' Limited Editions Collection, four artworks from Ashton' private portfolio, and five pencil drawings from Al's private portfolio... Read more »

Tags: Meadow, Charity, In The High Valley, Mountain Home, Sara Crewe, The Dawning Of A Brighter Day, 3.30.0028.000, Far Away In The West, 3.30.0243.000, There The Saints Will Be Blessed, 3.30.0277.000, Green And Pleasant Land, I Will Uphold Thee,...

Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during September 2017.... Read more »

Tags: Early Snows, I, Early Snows, II, Iberis sempervirens, Moon through the treetops, In the Evening, 2017, Fine art photography, News, Tanner M. Young

By Al R. Young Sweet Land Of Liberty 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: Sweet Land Of Liberty, 2017, Elspeth C. Young, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints, Pioneer Art Collection

Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during August 2017.... Read more »

Tags: Moonrise between the Peaks, Moon above the Summit, Mammatus Clouds, I, Mammatus Clouds, II, Mammatus Clouds, III, Mammatus Clouds, IV, Mammatus Clouds, V, Mammatus Clouds, VI, Summer Light, 2017, Fine art photography, News, Tanner M. Young

By Al R. Young
Women of Faith in the Latter Days, Volume 4, published by Deseret Book, features A Labor of Love by Elspeth Young, from Al Young Studios' Pioneer Fine Art Collection.A Labor Of Love... Read more »

Tags: A Labor Of Love, 2017

By Al R. Young If God So Clothe The Field 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: If God So Clothe The Field, 2017, Elspeth C. Young, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints, Pioneer Art Collection

By Al R. Young The The Prince and the Pauper issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - The Very Kitchen of the King Himself (11 pages)Hearth - The Likeness Himself (5 pages)Kitchen - The Very Kitchen of the King Himself (9 pages)Garden - Of Roses Red and White (4 pages)Garret - The Search for Survivors (3 pages)The Prince and the Pauper is the 107th issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 17 No. 5, 2017, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during July 2017.... Read more »

Tags: Asperitas Clouds, Summer Day, Cloud Shadows, Rainstorm, Dark Clouds, Summer Thunderstorm, 2017, Fine art photography, News, Tanner M. Young

Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during June 2017.... Read more »

Tags: Above the Summit, Midnight Moon, Summer-melt, 2017, Fine art photography, News, Tanner M. Young

By Al R. Young The David Copperfield issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - On the Wall (6 pages)Kitchen - The Pleasant Tea (2 pages)Garden - The Perfume of the Flowers (9 pages)Workshops - With a Long Pen (2 pages)Garret - Catastrophe at Deeping Marr (4 pages)David Copperfield is the 106th issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000.  All 105 previous issues remain in print and are available individually or in customer-defined groups directly from Al Young Studios... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 17 No. 4, 2017, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

By Al R. Young Under The Northern Mountains 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: Under The Northern Mountains, 2017, Al R. Young, High Valley Art Collection, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints

By Al R. Young Her Candle Goeth Not Out By 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: Her Candle Goeth Not Out By Night, 2017, Elspeth C. Young, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints, Pioneer Art Collection

Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during May 2017.... Read more »

Tags: Galium odoratum, I, Galium odoratum, IV, Droplets, Last Light through the Storm, Moon through the Clouds, I, Moon through the Clouds, II, Moon through the Clouds, III, Moon through the Clouds, IV, Moon through the Clouds, V, Moon through...

By Al R. Young The Covenant of Peace 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: The Covenant of Peace, 2017, Elspeth C. Young, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints, Pioneer Art Collection

By Al R. Young Green And Pleasant Land 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: Green And Pleasant Land, 2017, Ashton R. Young, High Valley Art Collection, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints

By Al R. Young Peace Like A River 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: Peace Like A River, 2017, Ashton R. Young, High Valley Art Collection, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints

Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during April 2017.... Read more »

Tags: Seeds, Mountain Springtime, Galium odoratum, II, Galium odoratum, III, Galium odoratum, V, Brilliant Snows, I, Brilliant Snows, II, Brilliant Snows, III, Northface Glow, Mount and Sky, 2017, Fine art photography, News, Tanner M. Young

By Al R. Young The Lisa and Lottie issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - O! These Artists! (6 pages)Hearth - Forget-Me-Not (3 pages)Kitchen - We're Traveling (7 pages)Garden - Enzian (3 pages)Workshops - Bright Lanterns (3 pages)Lisa and Lottie is the 105th issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000.  All 104 previous issues remain in print and are available individually or in customer-defined groups directly from Al Young Studios... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 17 No. 3, 2017, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

By Al R. Young Elspeth's original oil painting is presently unavailable for viewing online because it and its copyright are exclusive to temples.

The original oil painting, entitled The Covenant of Peace and completed in 2016, was painted by the artist in the studios at BenHaven.  The completed oil painting was subsequently 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.  Consequently, no prints of the painting are available for purchase... Read more »

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Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during March 2017.... Read more »

Tags: Vinca major, Narcissus jonquilla, Mahonia aquifolium, Tall Leaf, Spring Alpenglow, Sunset Shadows, Dawn Behind the Clouds, Mountain Evening, 2017, Fine art photography, News, Tanner M. Young

By Al R. Young

As Seymore takes the first steps of his journey into the heart of Scotland, he starts to realize that he belongs to the setting and the heritage in which he finds himself.  He doesn't want to leave Lanham and Virginia's tidewater, but to bring Scotland home with him—at least those things that he can use to make his own home better.  Always curious about the how and why of things, Seymore continues to pursue his own questions about creativity and community.  He records his thoughts about these things in his diary, but there's also plenty of travel just to be enjoyed in that playful sense in which creativity always meets new experience—not knowing how or when or whether something will ever prove useful... Read more »

Tags: Travels in Scotland Vol. 2, 2017, News, Novellas

Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during February 2017.... Read more »

Tags: Alpine Dusk, Clouds in Motion, Cloudscape, Winter Clouds, The Storms Pass, After nightfall, Across the Valley, Arbor, Through the Window, Stachys byzantina, The Border of Day and Night, February Skies, Winter Trees, Frozen Nighttime, Dusk...

By Al R. Young She Had Compassion 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: She Had Compassion, 2017, Elspeth C. Young, Legacy, News, Oil paintings and prints, Women of the Bible Art Collection

By Al R. Young The Death Comes for the Archbishop issue of The Storybook Home Journal is now available from Al Young Studios.  This issue features these regular sections:Decorating - There About Us Always (5 pages)Hearth - As the Tints of Early Morning (5 pages)Kitchen - A Constantly Refined Tradition (6 pages)Garden - Excellent for Fruit (3 pages)Workshops - Softened with Time (1 page)Garret - The Song of Ishanor, part 2 (3 pages)Death Comes for the Archbishop is the 104th issue of the Journal, published bi-monthly since November 2000... Read more »

Tags: Vol. 17 No. 2, 2017, News, The Storybook Home Journal issues

Browse a gallery of Fine Art Photography taken during January 2017.... Read more »

Tags: Winter Light, Winter Morning, Winter Tree, High above the Mountaintops, 2017, Fine art photography, News, Tanner M. Young

By Al R. Young All of the documentary content of the wiki that has been available since 2009 at The BanHaven Archives Online (www.benhanvenarchives.org) will now be hosted as a sub-domain of www.alyoung.com.  One of the primary objectives for this change is to facilitate ongoing management and expansibility of content.

This will be a phased transition with status announcements published in our Newsroom as each milestone is achieved.  Check for ANNOUNCEMENTS at The BenHaven Archives (overview)... Read more »

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By Al R. Young purpose
The BenHaven Archives is a multi-generational family repository of documents, images, audio-visual materials, and artifacts bearing primarily upon the history of the family and its members.

Digital materials published in the online holdings of the Archives serve the needs of family members, historians, genealogical researchers, as well as special interest communities for which collections in the Archives may be suited.

history
S. P. Young (1894-1972) assiduously kept letters, newspaper clippings, documents, photographs, and memorabilia throughout his life, and entrusted much of his collection to his son, Alfred R... Read more »

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By Al R. Young announcements (updated 2017 January 20)
Click this heading for recent publication announcements and other news about The BenHaven Archives.

purpose & history of the benhaven archives

guidelines for requests to copy or publish historical documents and other items (updated 2017 January 20)

contacting the archives (updated 2017 January 20)... Read more »

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By Al R. Young
To initiate a request for permission to reproduce images of artworks created by the Artists of Al Young Studios, please read Guidelines for Requests to Copy or Publish Artworks Created by the Artists of Al Young Studios.

To initiate a request for permission to reproduce historical documents and photographs from The BenHaven Archives, as well as all other visual and verbal material published by the Artists and Writers of Al Young Studios, please email to us the following information... Read more »

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By Al R. Young
The BenHaven Archives does not offer access to its papers and artifacts (except through digital copies), nor is it possible to visit or tour the Archives. The Archives is neither staffed nor housed to provide such services.

In connection with My Father's Captivity, Al Young Studios published digital copies of most of the original materials, upon which the book is based, in 2009.  This was done as a public service, with the objective of providing free online access to families and descendants of prisoners of war, as well as access for students, writers, researchers, and other interested parties... Read more »

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