Your favorite Christian art, or place to buy framed Christian art

[Guest]

I have an assignment to come up with things I would like to have but would feel guilty buying for myself, at different price points. I've always wanted a really beautiful (and preferably large) piece of religious art above my piano, but I'm having a hard time finding something that speaks to me. I'd prefer framed, but I do have one large frame that could work, so a nice print might be okay, too. 

Possible price points for this are $100 and/or $250. Anyone have suggestions? 

[Traveler]

2 hours ago, Eowyn said:

I have an assignment to come up with things I would like to have but would feel guilty buying for myself, at different price points. I've always wanted a really beautiful (and preferably large) piece of religious art above my piano, but I'm having a hard time finding something that speaks to me. I'd prefer framed, but I do have one large frame that could work, so a nice print might be okay, too. 

Possible price points for this are $100 and/or $250. Anyone have suggestions? 

 

I have a different perspective of art than most.  My father was an artist and I love and enjoy art.  I have a few prints but I prefer originals.  I would suggest that you consider acquiring art from an art student at a university.  I personally knew Clark Price when he was a student at BYU selling his art for $25 that are now worth over $40,000.  Or you may consider checking out the art shows at the state Fair.  Springville has a great art show in April.

Most artist consider the frame part of their presentation and prefer to sell their art framed.   Here is the thing about art – It does not really matter how famous the artist is – what really matters is if you like it.  There is good art and not so good art but if you like it – the not so good art is better for you if you like it than the good art that does not do anything for you.

 

The Traveler

 

PS - If you can get the artist to tell you something about themselves - do it.  If you can get them to write a letter to you about the art you buy - you can attach it to the back of you picture.  That will be of great value to you family in generations to come.

Edited January 18, 2017 by Traveler

[anatess2]

I have several in my house.  They're all from the Catholic Store.  There are Catholic stores online now like this.  My daVinci Last Supper is my favorite.  It's carved from a stone slab.  It is in the $500 range though.  My other favorite is a local artist drawing of Jesus in prayer that is drawn on papyrus.  That one I got for under 50 bucks at the Catholic fundraiser fair.

 

[Guest MormonGator]

10 hours ago, Eowyn said:

I have an assignment to come up with things I would like to have but would feel guilty buying for myself, at different price points. I've always wanted a really beautiful (and preferably large) piece of religious art above my piano, but I'm having a hard time finding something that speaks to me. I'd prefer framed, but I do have one large frame that could work, so a nice print might be okay, too. 

Possible price points for this are $100 and/or $250. Anyone have suggestions? 

I love The Last Supper by Dali. You can get it pretty inexpensive on art.com I bet! 

Edited January 18, 2017 by MormonGator

[zil]

Just now, MormonGator said:

...Dali ...pretty inexpensive...

Hah!

[Guest MormonGator]

1 minute ago, zil said:

Hah!

The original is hanging in our living rom at the compound. Remember Zil? DUH! 

(framed about 200 dollars) 

Edited January 18, 2017 by MormonGator

[zil]

Just now, MormonGator said:

The original is hanging in our living rom at the compound. Remember Zil? DUH! 

Oh, that, well, after you've seen it a hundred times, you just sort of look right past it.

[Guest MormonGator]

Just now, zil said:

Oh, that, well, after you've seen it a hundred times, you just sort of look right past it.

About 200 bucks for it at this website.

[zil]

6 minutes ago, MormonGator said:

You can get a print of it pretty inexpensive on art.com I bet! 

There, I fixed that for you.

[Sunday21]

I would like a framed print of the first vision. I need to go looking. I wish more artists chose to depict this. I found a Lemon-Swizelstick (you know who I mean!) but it was really expensive! I am not fond of the stained glass version. Get painting you lazy artists! Give me some choice!

[Guest]

Someone told me about this  site, and I really like it. http://www.altusfineart.com/

And I like this guy's style, but nothing spoke to me: http://www.jkirkrichards.com/wstore/product-category/fine-art-reproductions/

[Sunday21]

1 hour ago, Eowyn said:

Someone told me about this  site, and I really like it. http://www.altusfineart.com/

And I like this guy's style, but nothing spoke to me: http://www.jkirkrichards.com/wstore/product-category/fine-art-reproductions/

Thank you for posting this! I love the Altus site. There are two beautiful works called 'in humility'. I think it would do me good to hang one of these! Thanks again!

Edited January 19, 2017 by Sunday21

[a mustard seed]

Hey, @Eowyn, I do commission work, mostly portrait sketches and paintings. So far, my portfolio isn't that extensive because I just started working February of 2016. Here is my Facebook photo album page: https://www.facebook.com/442147745973849/photos/?tab=albums

You can look through and get an idea of what I have done so far. I do photo realistic work but have done some fantasy pieces for a daycare center. Most of the prices I have on there are set for working directly on and filling entire walls about 7'x7' in size but I'd be willing to do a large painting for you for a price more within your budget. I don't really have a limit as far as subject; I use a lot of reference photos in my work and can replicate just about anything by sight. Sorry to advertise on your thread...I just wanted to offer that as an option to you, in case you had something in mind but could not find exactly what you were looking for already done by an artist out there.

[beefche]

I would recommend that when spending that much to get something that speaks to you. Don't settle. I like the idea of finding a local artist. Check for art fairs near you. 

And I like that guy's style as well (the one you linked to). I really liked a couple of them (Be Not Afraid and Grey Day in Golgotha). 

When you find something, post it here so we can see!

[anatess2]

Wow, a mustard seed!  This mural is awesome!

[pam]

A couple of my favorite LDS artists are Liz Lemon Swindle and Walter Rane.  

 

http://www.walterraneprints.com/

[bytebear]

Deseret Book has some nice paintings, with decent framing.  The selection is slim though. 

 

I saw this painting at the Nauvoo cafe in Salt Lake, and really love it.

 

[Jean]

The most inexpensive place to buy religious art is the DI. There are many estates, etc that give their things to the DI and you can get them next to nothing. They might be a little dusty but clean them up and you have some good stuff to go on your walls.

[Blackmarch]

an old christian poem/hymn- the hymn of Judas Thomas.

I think LDS folks might get a bit more out of it than most.
 

The Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostle

Translated by William Wright

When I was a little child,
and dwelling in my kingdom,

in my father's house, and was content with the wealth and the
luxuries of my nourishers,

from the East, our home,
my parents equipped me (and) sent me forth;

and of the wealth of our treasury
they took abundantly, (and) tied up for me a load

large and (yet) light, which I myself could carry,

gold of Beth-Ellaya,
and silver of Gazak the great,

and rubies of India,
and agates from Beth-Kashan,

and they furnished me with the adamant,
which can crush iron.

And they took off from me the glittering robe,
which in their affection they made for me,

and the purple toga,
which was measured (and) woven to my stature.

And they made a compact with me,
and wrote it in my heart, that it might not be forgotten:

"If thou goest down into Egypt,
and bringest the one pearl,

which is in the midst of the sea
around the loud-breathing serpent,

thou shalt put on thy glittering robe
and thy toga, with which (thou art) contented,

and with thy brother, who is next to us in authority,
thou shalt be heir in our kingdom."

I quitted the East (and) went down,
there being two guardians,

for the way was dangerous and difficult,
and I was very young to travel it.

I passed through the borders of Maishan,
the meeting-place of the merchants of the East,

and I reached the land of Babel,
and I entered the walls of Sarbug.

I went down into Egypt,
and my companions parted from me.

I went straight to the serpent,
I dwelt in his abode,

(waiting) till he should lumber and sleep,
and I could take my pearl from him.

And when I was single and alone
(and) became strange to my family,

one of my race, a free-born man,
and Oriental, I saw there,

a youth fair and loveable,
the son of oil-sellers;

and he came and attached himself to me,
and I made him my intimate friend,

and associate with whom I shared my merchandise.
I warned him against the Egyptians,

and against consorting with the unclean;

And I dressed in their dress,
that they might not hold me in abhorrence,

because I was come from abroad in order to take the pearl,
and arouse the serpent against me.

But in some way other or another
they found out that I was not their countryman,

and they dealt with me treacherously,
and gave their food to eat.

I forget that I was a son of kings,
and I served their king;

and I forgot the pearl,
for which my parents had sent me,

and because of the burden of their oppressions
I lay in a deep sleep.

But all this things that befell me
my parents perceived, and were grieved for me;

and proclamation was made in our kingdom,
that every one should come to our gate [kingdom],

kings and princes of Parthia,
and all the nobles of the East.

And they wove a plan on my behalf,
that I might not be left in Egypt;

and they wrote to me a letter,
and every noble signed his name to it:

"From thy father, the king of kings,
and thy mother, the mistress of the East,

and from thy brother, our second (in authority),
to thee our son, who art in Egypt, greeting!

Call to mind that thou art a son of kings!
See the slavery,--whom thou servest!

Remember the pearl,
for which thou was sent to Egypt!

Think of thy robe,
and remember thy splendid toga,

which thou shalt wear and (with which) thou shalt be adorned,
when thy name hath been read out in the list of the valiant,

and thy brother, our viceroy,
thou shalt be in our kingdom."

My letter is a letter,
which the king sealed with his own right hand,

(to keep it) from the wicked ones, the children of Babel,
and from the savage demons of Sarbug.

It flew in the likeness of an eagle,
the king of all birds;

it flew and alight beside me,
and became all speech.

At its voice and the sound of its rustling,
I started and arose from my sleep.

I took it up and kissed it,
and I began (and) read it;

and according to what was traced on my heart
were the words of my letter.

I remembered that I was a son of royal parents,
and my noble birth asserted itself.

I remembered the pearl,
for which I had been sent to Egypt,

and I began to charm him,
the terrible loud breathing serpent.

I hushed him asleep and lulled him into slumber,
for my father's name I named over him,

and the name of our second (in power),
and the of my mother, the queen of the East.

And I snatched away the pearl,

and turned to go back to my father's house.

And their filthy and unclean dress I stripped off,
and left it in their country;

and I took my way straight to come
to the light of our home in the East.

And my letter, my awakener,
I found before me on the road;

and as with its voice it had awakened me,
(so) too with its light it was leading me.

It, that dwelt in the palace,
gave light before me with its form,

and with its voice and its guidance
it also encouraged me to speed,

and with its love it drew me on.

I went forth (and) passed by Sarbug;
I left Babel on my left hand;

and I came to the great Maisan,
to the haven of merchants,

which sitteth on the shore of the sea.

And my bright robe, which I had stripped off,
and the toga that was wrapped with it,

from Rantha and Reken(?)
my parents had sent thither

by the hand of their treasures,
who in their truth could be trusted therewith.

And because I remembered not its fashion,--
for in my childhood I had left it in my father's house,--

on a sudden, when I received it,
the garment seemed to me to become like a mirror of myself.

I saw it all in all,
and I to received all in it,

for we were two in distinction
and yet gain one in one likeness.

And the treasurers too,
who brought it to me, I saw in like manner

to be two (and yet) one likeness,
for one sign of the king was written on them (both),

of the hands of him who restored to me through them
my trust and my wealth,

my decorated robe, which
was adorned with glorious colors,

with gold and beryls
and rubies and agates

and sardonyxes, varied in color.
And it was skillfully worked in its home on high,

and with diamond clasps
were all its seams fastened;

and the image of the king of kings
was embroidered and depicted in full all over it,

and like the stone of the sapphire too
its hues were varied.

And I saw also that all over it
the instincts of knowledge were working,

and I saw too that it was preparing to speak.

I heard the sound of its tones,
which it uttered with its....., (saying):

"I am the active in deeds,
whom they reared for him before my father;

and I perceived myself,
that my stature grew according to his labors."

And in its kingly movements
it poured itself entirely over me,

and on the hand of its givers
it hastened that I might take it.

And love urged me too run
to meet it and receive it;

and I stretched forth and took it.
With the beauty of its colors I adorned myself,

and I wrapped myself wholly in my toga
of brilliant hues.

I clothed myself with it, and went up to the gate
of salutation and prostration;

I bowed my head and worshipped the majesty
of my father who sent me,--

for I had done his commandments,
and he too had done what he promised,--

and the gate of his....,
I mingled with his princes,

for he rejoiced in me and received me,
and I was with him in his kingdom,

and with the voice of....
all his servants praised him.

And he promised that to the gate too
of the king of kings with him I should go,

and with my offering and my pearl
with him should present myself to our king.

The Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostles,
which he spake in prison, is ended.

[Sunday21]

On 2017-02-03 at 11:36 AM, pam said:

A couple of my favorite LDS artists are Liz Lemon Swindle and Walter Rane.  

 

http://www.walterraneprints.com/

Wow! Thanks for posting!

[pam]

48 minutes ago, Sunday21 said:

Wow! Thanks for posting!

Walter Rane is a fantastic artist.  He has done a lot of artwork for the Church.  I may be a bit biased as well.  I've known Walter since I was about 7 years old.

[Just_A_Guy]

Also check out Al and Elspeth Young, a father-daughter pair whose work has been turning up in newer temples.  See https://www.alyoung.com/art/.

[Blueskye2]

On 1/18/2017 at 6:29 PM, Eowyn said:

Someone told me about this  site, and I really like it. http://www.altusfineart.com/

And I like this guy's style, but nothing spoke to me: http://www.jkirkrichards.com/wstore/product-category/fine-art-reproductions/

I picked up a nice print for my parents at Costco.  One of those vendors that show up for a few weeks: http://culturalhall.com/upcoming-shows