Modern Day Mother in Zion

Thank you for your interest in my painting �Modern � Day Mother in Zion� currently on exhibit online as part of the 8th International Art... more

by Anita HartCarroll

Original - Not For Sale

Price

Not Specified

Dimensions

24.000 x 29.000 inches

Title

Modern Day Mother in Zion

Artist

Anita HartCarroll

Medium

Painting - Oil On Board

Description

Thank you for your interest in my painting �Modern � Day Mother in Zion� currently on exhibit online as part of the 8th International Art Competition for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This painting resulted from weeks of prayer on my part and was created just for the church�s art competition. I have only recently returned to art after having devoted the last 28 years to raising my children. Motherhood was the most exhausting, challenging, scary and rewarding thing I could ever have done. It was difficult to say the least. I know from first hand experience, as do all LDS parents, that these are truly the last days, and the battle for our children�s well being is very intense. The stakes have never been higher, nor the opposition more deadly.

I wanted to show a modern mother who has strength and is equal to the task. It was very important to me to show that she has been injured from the battles she has fought, and from the obvious sweat, dirt and fresh wounds it is clear that she is not finished nor at rest. It was also important to me to show that she is leading others to follow her into what appears to be more darkness. There is no glorious end in sight yet - she is very much still in the war zone.

The torch she carries symbolizes Jesus Christ. He is all the light she needs, and He displaces the darkness for her. The armor she wears symbolizes the priesthood that is available to shield her from deadly attacks. Her weapons, the spear and the sword, are the Word of God. Her baby sleeps in peace on her back, oblivious of the danger and is well guarded by her mother. The small son at her side looks to his mother for protection, hope, wisdom and leadership. I wanted to show a young woman who is obviously not a movie cartoon superhero nor a sweet, innocent, perfectly quaffed model of womanly beauty. This young mother is capable, determined, and strong, even in the midst of exhaustion and wounds. In other words, she is all Latter-Day Saint Women�whom the Lord has saved for the last dispensation.

Uploaded

January 1st, 2013