Pacific at Last -The Mormon Battalion Original Artwork Artist_James Gurney I painted twelve eggs

I painted twelve eggs

healing hearts and bodies

who grows up to become a mother

in Jesus’s church

scooped him off that drug house floor

Pacific at Last -The Mormon Battalion Original Artwork Artist_James Gurney I painted twelve eggs18 X 11. 25 white paint pencil and charcoal Minerva captured not only the westward trek of Mormon pioneer wagons and handcarts but turned her eye to the history of the Mormon Battalion as well. This exquisite drawing underscores Minervas skill in the depiction of the human figure. Look at how each of the figures simply feels right, standing on rubble and swinging a pick or axe. The image itself seems to come directly from this snippet of the 1847