Back to Religious LDS Art   DAWN OF A PROMISED LAND Original 48" x 60" (20 sq. ft.) Acrylic/Canvas Painting "And it came to pass that after we had sailed for the space of many days we did arrive at the promised land; and we went forth upon the land, and did pitch our tents; and we did call it the promised land." 1 Nephi 18:23 (Probably about 589 B.C.) We know the "where" of Nephi's receiving his instructions from the Lord on how to build this curious ship ("Arise and get thee into the mountain." 1 Nephi 17:7); we just don¹t know the "how" or the "what" of the ship's design. We can therefore only use logic and reasoning and some inspiration in an attempt to envision the ship¹s appearance. "...We did work timbers of curious workmanship. And the Lord did show me from time to time after what manner I should work the timbers of the ship. Now I, Nephi did not work the timbers after the manner which was learned by men, neither did I build the ship after the manner of men; but I did build it after the manner which the Lord had shown unto me; wherefore it was not after the manner of men" 1 Nephi 18:1-2 CANVAS Art Prints (12" x 20") (32" x 40") Open Edition, Shipped Rolled Tube, Signed $185.00 (32" x 40") Open Edition, Shipped Studio Stretched, Signed Extra Crating/Shipping Charge will be added $265.00 (24" x 30") Open Edition, Shipped Rolled Tube, Signed $95.00 (24" x 30") Open Edition, Shipped Studio Stretched, Signed Extra Crating/Shipping Charge will be added $135.00 *Please note*: Artist Frank Thomas' studio lithographic art print sales are discontinued from 10 March 2007 until 1 October of 2008. He and his wife are serving for eighteen months in the Ohio-Cleveland Mission, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), at the Kirtland Historic Sites, Kirtland, Ohio. He has set up his art studio and is producing additional LDS historical paintings at that location. Rolled canvas art prints (only) are available and may be purchased by calling Frank at (435) 406-9526 or contact by email wildgoose@crystalpeaks.com. The term curious workmanship was an idiom used to denote objects of unusual design and superior craftsmanship. Such objects were curious in that it would be difficult for one untrained to understand how they were made. Interestingly enough, the Polynesian peoples of the South Pacific have for many hundreds of years used variations of a curious twin-hulled sailing craft in their island migrations. (Mmm, food for thought!) Therefore, this artist chose to incorporate a variation of that curious South Pacific design in his creation of the ship build by Nephi, under the direction of the Lord.