25 Provo City Center Temple Pictures: from the Ashes

Let’s start with this classic picture by Anne Bradham. This Provo City Center Templepainting captures both the character of the temple and the Utah landscape with painstaking detail. Anne herself said:

“I flew out to Utah three times that year, and every time I would drive to the Provo City temple to take more pictures. I wanted to make sure I got it right. I wanted to paint a picture worthy of the structure and the surroundings that would bring beauty and the spirit into the homes of those who hung the picture.”

All her hard work paid off. We love this piece of temple art for its accurate and colorful portrayal.

Madison Wardle has a style all her own with her paintings, and we love it! Her geometric paintings of LDS temples bring out a completely new perspective.

This is an especially fun piece because it highlights the pink, red, and blue tones we typically don’t see in a building that, at a glance, appears to be brown.   

Abigale Palmer’s painting of the Provo City Center Temple also catches that pink, red, blue combination, though not in geometric form.

True to Abigale’s style, this Provo City Center temple picture is full of color, light, and, as she says, ‘yummy textures’. She puts in enough detail that, from a distance, it can easily be mistaken for a photograph.

Yet, it still maintains the rich colors and motion of something that's been hand painted.   

Kelsy and Jesse Lightweave ride the line between photographs and paintings. Their work employs some of both, and the result is always breathtaking.

This Provo City Center Temple picture is almost mystical with the sweeping clouds and glowing mountain tops.   

Mandy Jane Williams has a similar approach, using both photography and digital art to create her masterpieces.

In this picture, we see an up-close view of the Provo City Center Temple amid a bounty of white tulips. The color of the flowers is a nod to the purpose of the temple and the title of the work itself: Purified.  

The deeply saturated colors are the first thing to catch the eye in this photo. The second is the statue of the small family. Both of these features of the Provo City Center Temple paint a picture of the exact message Robert A. Boyd is trying to get across in this photo: Eternity.

The scriptures teach us life continues after this. If we follow Christ, we can experience joys even more fulfilling than what we now experience, and we can be with our families forever.    

In contrast, this Provo City Center Temple picture by Robert has a darker tone to it. It shows this sacred building and the grounds after recent rainfall. The bright lights coming from the temple windows and tall lamps contrast the storm clouds and evening sky.

His photo illustrates that, regardless of what is going on in the outside world, we can always find light and peace within the walls of the temple.  

Photographer Lance Bertola takes us to an entirely different angle with this shot. We see the Provo City Center Temple and the surrounding valley from above, including the rosy backdrop of the sunset.

The scene is void of any traffic on the road or busy pedestrians, creating that sense of calm we often feel when entering through the doors.   

However, LDS Temples are more than sources of peace. They can also bolster us against our current challenges. Robert minimizes some of that storybook feel of the Provo City Center Temple in this picture.

Instead, he focuses on the sturdiness of the structure. The powerful architecture and the yawning windows remind us of the steadying power of the covenants we make with God.