Gary E. Smith’s The Poisoned Tree (1967): A Reading

Keywords

art, religious artists

Abstract

In 1967 Spencer W. Kimball, then an Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called on faithful and active artists within the Church to reveal their “inspired hearts and talented fingers” to “give life and feeling and true perspective to a subject so worthy.” That same year Gary Ernest Smith painted The Poison Tree. Smith was one of the key figures of the “Mormon Art & Belief Movement,” which sought to create art that could reach Elder Kimball’s high bar.

Original Publication Citation

“Gary E. Smith’s The Poisoned Tree (1967): A Reading,” Wayfare: Explorations in Faith 1 (Winter 2022): 24-26. See also https://www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/gary-smiths-the-poisoned-tree

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Wayfare: Explorations in Faith

Language

English

College

Humanities

Department

Art History

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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