2015 24 x 36 inches Mixed Media on Panel Quest for Zion: Painting III “His house shall there be reared, His glory to display, And people shall be heard In distant lands to say: We’ll now go up and serve the Lord, Obey his truth and learn his word.” High on the Mountain Top Hymn No.5 Story Behind the Art This painting depicts the construction of the temple in Nauvoo. The left panel depicts the blueprints and planning stage of the temple, the central panel depicts the temple mid-construction, and the right panel depicts the temple in completion. This painting may also represent our lives in mortality- that we were given a blueprint, and much of our mortality is spent in the building and construction of our lives, in the hopes of the Lord reviewing our work and saying “ Well done thou good and faithful servant” in which he makes our lives a holy work. The right panel then represents our work perfected and made holy. Angels watch over the central scene of mortality and construction, and represent the sacred connection between this life and the hereafter. - Annie Henrie Nader