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Ascending Rocky Ridge | Michael Bedard

Carried by the Covenant | Joseph F. Brickey

For Something Greater | Jeffrey Hein

Last Crossing of the North Platte, Fort Casper | Frank Magleby

My Ancestors Kissed | Brian Kershisnik

Tennant Farm, England | Robert L. Marshall

Heading West from Council Bluffs | David Meikle

Prairie Angels | Leon Parson

Ever Onward | Joseph F. Brickey

Trial of Hope, Captain Willie and
Joseph Elder | Al Rounds

Trial of Hope—Mary Goble | Al Rounds

The Carriers | J. Kirk Richards
Arrival, Last Descent | Bruce Brainard
Harvey Cluff | James C. Christensen
Rescue Riders | Emily Dyches
The Sacred Incline | David Linn
James Kirkwood Carries His Brother, Joseph, Over Rocky Ridge | Del Parson
Ephraim K. Hanks — Angel of Mercy |
Clark Kelley Price
Hallowed Ground | Ron Richmond
Foreshadowed | Clay Wagstaff
Sailing to Zion, The Thornton | Simon Winegar
Last Light | Chris Young

Snowbound at Red Buttes |
Stephen Mark Bartholomew

Gathering Storm (Requiem) | Doug Fryer
Determination | Julie Rogers
Dawn of Hope | A.D. Shaw
Pathway to Courage | Glen Hopkinson
Last Crossing of the North Platte | Howard Post

Al Rounds

Title of Painting: TRIAL OF HOPE, CAPTAIN WILLIE
AND JOSEPH ELDER

Media Type: Watercolor on paper

Dimensions of Painting: 28 "x41"

Artist Statement: 

The piece depicts Captain Willie and Joseph Elder cresting the hill after battling overwhelming odds to find the rescue party. Despite the feelings of relief that must have come to them, they now were faced with another huge task of getting the rescue party back to the handcart company before they all perished from hunger and cold. Their courage, determination, and faith in Christ sustained them through this extraordinary “Trial of Hope.”

Artist Biography: 

Al Rounds received a BFA from the University of Utah. His painting technique was influenced by Alvin Gittins and George Dibble. He has always been drawn to architectural landscape, and his transparent watercolors register a beautiful familiarity with the world we all love.