2019 24 x 36 inches Mixed Media on Canvas Quest for Zion: Painting IV "And verily I say unto you, I give unto you a sign, that ye may know the time when these things shall be about to take place—that I shall gather in, from their long dispersion, my people, O house of Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion" 3 Nephi 21:1 "And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people." Exodus 13:21-22 An exodus is defined as a departure or migration of a large number of people. This painting describes the incredible gathering of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The top portion of the painting indicates the full journey across the plains from Nauvoo, Illinois to the eventual arrival in the Salt Lake Valley. The left panel shows their crossing the Mississippi River in late spring. The central panel represents the passage of time and traversing the plains mid summer, with a faint indication of angels accompanying them. The right panel shows approaching winter and the efforts of later parties as they begin to traverse the Rocky Mountains.