Former Kentucky bishop started the Joseph painting 10 years earlier

Serious illness and a second chance at life sparked the artist's return to oil painting. During a solo show of 16 other original works, an art lover paid the highest compliment: "You paint feelings, not just pictures."

I poured my heart and emotions into this painting of Joseph Smith praying as the adopted twin Murdoch boy looks on. Light and love shine around them while the mob assembles in darkness.

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