The Inconsequential Epistles Of John

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

TEMPLES IN ART

By Kendall Davenport

This week I wanted to add some additional art images of LDS temples to my folders. I was immediately impressed with the artwork of Kendall Davenport. Using Adobe Photoshop he strives for realism in his work.

From his own website, Kendall Davenport.com, he states:

“I am in a computer at the canvas, that canvas is as real as any out here. The tools are real but they are not a brush and a palette of oils. My palette is parts of this program. I can get textures, light and dark, and as many other feelings as I want, and put them in these paintings.”

It took considerable effort to find a way to get these paintings produced in a tangible form. After much research he found out about the Iris Giclee printer that had a wide enough color gamut to produce all the colors he had painted. Bringing the paintings to life was not as simple as clicking on a printer icon. It took extensive proofing for days. It finally worked! Kendall said, “When I saw the finished painting the hair on my neck stood on end, and I shouted, ‘I did it!, I did it!’”

Kendall said, “ I want people to feel like they’re standing right at that place, and then I want them to feel the peace, the healing, the renewal, the assurance, the hope that nature has in it.”

Mr. Davenport has assembled a portfolio of Latter-day Saint temples that are beautiful and truly inspiring...