“In October 2019, President Russell M. Nelson challenged all members of the Church to think about what they could do to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and in particular, Joseph Smith’s visit to the grove. I turned to my wife and said that what I felt I needed to do was to complete the two paintings that I had planned for the Sacred Grove and a view from up on Hill Cumorah looking back towards the Manchester Farm. I knew I needed to get busy to get those paintings done by the next conference, so I started meeting with Don Enders from the Church History Museum. Don is the expert authority on Palmyra and the Sacred Grove and that whole area.”