Menu
Lester Yocum site icon
  • Home
  • Artwork
    • While Mary Sleeps
    • Gallery Shows, Exhibitions, Competitions, Publications Featuring My Art
    • Book of Mormon
    • Animal Artwork
    • Oil Paintings
    • Drawings
    • Raster Artwork
    • Vector Artwork
    • Landscapes
    • Portraits
    • Fantasy
    • Pigs Series
    • Animation
  • Writings
    • The Welltower Series
    • Remembering the Child — A Christmas Story
    • Articles
    • Stories
    • Writing FAQs
  • Design
    • Websites
    • Wireframes
    • Infographics
  • Blog
  • About
    • Contact Me
    • Artists Statement
    • My Faith
    • My Painting Process
    • My Resume
    • Licensing
  • Shop
Lester Yocum site icon
Courage to Go Forth, featured

Courage to Go Forth Now Online

Posted on May 17, 2023November 7, 2024

54×18 inches (137×46 cm), oil on board, 2023
Alternate title: Ammon Blessing His Brethren, from The Book of Mormon, Alma chapter 17

This painting depicts Ammon blessing his brethren and a few select companions just before they enter the lands of their enemies, the Lamanites. They had journeyed many days, fasting and praying much to bring, if possible, their brethren “to the knowledge of the truth, to the knowledge of the baseness of the traditions of their fathers, which were not correct”. God assured them they were doing His will.

Their efforts were rewarded far beyond their expectations.

Courage to Go Forth
Final painting

The storyline is dynamic, more like a movie than a still image, so I created a panoramic shot encapsulating the main elements of the story, starting on the left with a view of the beautiful but troubled lands Ammon and his brothers came from, to the scene in the middle where he blesses them, to a right-side vista of their goal, the dangerous lands of their relatives, now bitter blood enemies.

It wasn’t an easy painting to do.

Story details and my painting process are detailed on the web page.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print

Related


Discover more from Lester Yocum Uplifting Arts

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

  • Symbolism and Lessons in Ten Virgins Art: A Reflection on Matthew 25:1-13
  • Watercolor Portrait of Steve: First Attempt and Final
  • Defining Jesus Now in Paperback
  • Nicodemus in the Tomb Online
  • Bestseller: Greatest Gift
Contact Me

Subscribe to my newsletter.

All content copyright Lester Yocum
 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.