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Snowflake Arizona Temple 11x14 Print (Chad Hawkins)

The Snowflake Arizona Temple is one of a series of detailed pencil drawings and paintings created by the artist Chad S. Hawkins. In 1989, at the age of seventeen, Chad started this unique temple series, becoming the original LDS artist to involve hidden spiritual images in his artwork.

Since the march of the Mormon Battalion in 1847, Latter-day Saints have had a presence in this region of Arizona. In the spring of 1876, members endured hardships as they built a fort, dug canals and constructed dams. To honor the men and women who pioneered new homes and settlements in the Arizona wilderness, Chad has hidden a wagon wheel among the trees in the temple’s foreground.

In the temple, members are taught more about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the purpose of life. To remind one of the importance of Christ’s atonement in temple work, Chad has rendered the Savior’s image kneeling in prayer across the surface of the temple and landscape in the left half of the drawing.

Chad Hawkins

Since 1989, Chad Hawkins has been one of the LDS church’s premier temple artists. He has published over 100 temple works art. His art career has taken him to six continents and nearly every  temple. His art can be found within sixteen temple cornerstones and hanging on interior temple walls. The original work of his Vernal Temple was chosen to be on permanent display inside that edifice.

Chad began his series of temple artwork, at the age of seventeen to support his two-year mission in  Frankfurt, Germany. His portfolio includes many commissioned pieces, and his works are in private  collections wherever there are temples. In 2011, he was awarded the US Army War College  commision to create the official painting for their graduating class.

He has sold nearly two million works of art and written/illustrated six bestselling books for the Deseret  Book Publishing Company. His seventh book, Temples of the New Millennium, was released in 2016  and celebrates the completion of the church's 150th temple.

Chad enjoys all types of outdoor recreation including marathons and triathlons. As an avid distance  runner, he has competed in marathons throughout the country.

 

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