Greetings!
LDS artist Jon McNaughton has created many beautiful pieces of art for the church in the past several years but he just finished one of the most amazing paintings ever done. One Nation Under God is a powerful painting about the Christian founding's and heritage of the United States of America. This incredible painting depicting Christ holding the inspired Constitution of the United States in his right hand and holding it out to the world has been the subject of much debate and controversy in the past few days. Those familiar with the Prophecies and Promises of the Book of Mormon understand and appreciate the paintings eternal significance about 'this land.' This painting is becoming an icon for the way Christians are feeling today about our country, so it is a very well received work of art of real significance.
Articles both supportive and derogatory have been published in Europe and across the United States. Liberal news media as well as conservative blogs have begun a firestorm of controversy over the symbolism embodied in this marvelous masterpiece. If you have not seen this painting before you must take time to feel its message.
An interview which was filmed by Rod Meldrum and edited by Bryan Illguth and re-cut down to 2.5 minutes by Seth Smith, has had over 21,000 viewings in just over one week! The longer original version (about 9 minutes), which includes an introduction by Rod, gives much more information about some of the symbolism of the painting from Jon himself.
"Some so-called experts have implied or concluded that our Founding Fathers and Patriots were not religious. These secular champions, in an effort to further their own causes, have even painted these great men and women from our history as devoid of religious passions or even a belief in God. This is part of their strategy to remove any discussion of God from the public forum." -- Jon McNaughton This painting is moving this discussion directly into the public forum! Jon's website has gone from 300 to 8,000 hits per day in the last couple of weeks and people are talking about it everywhere! Jon is offering a special offer only for FIRM Foundation supporters (which he is)! If you purchase any prints or giclee' paintings from Jon's website, simply put in the promotional code FIRMPROMO to receive a 10% discount off of your order! That's right, just for being involved with the FIRM Foundation you will get this special discount! We have also made arrangements for a special pricing on a 20x30 canvas giclee' painting in a solid wood frame for a very special price. Click HERE to learn about this masterpiece made especially for our supporters.
To see the newly released video about this amazing painting click on the PHOTO below!
To read about the embedded symbolism, click HERE.
To view the INTERACTIVE website where you can scroll over each figure in the painting to find out about each individual, click HERE.
See the shortened video version HERE.
Sincerely, Rod Meldrum The FIRM FOUNDATION
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Watch the video by clicking the photo above! |
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Interview with Jon McNaughton
Rod Meldrum had an inspirational interview with Jon at his studio in the Provo Townecenter Mall about three weeks ago. Rod's video editor, Bryan Illguth put together this powerful video documentary of the painting..
To learn more about this thought provoking and inspirational painting "read on!" |