Artist

Michelle Franzoni Thorley

MICHELLE FRANZONI THORLEY {[email protected]} creates art that focuses on the ancestral power to heal. She is a self-taught artist who has claimed power through embracing her Mexican-American heritage and her experiences as an LDS woman artist. Her work has been displayed at the Writ and Vision gallery, LDS Church History Museum, and the Springville Museum of Art. She spoke at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts in New York City in June 2019 about diversity in LDS art. She is passionate about plants, family his￾tory, and the stories of women. Her work and words can be found on Instagram at @flora_familiar. She lives in Utah with her spouse and three young children.

Family History and Temple Work

oil on canvas

Family History and Temple Work (detail, two figures)

oil on canvas

Family History and Temple Work

20×24

Family History and Temple Work

20×24

Family History and Temple Work (detail, central figure)

oil on canvas

“Diosa”

26″ × 22″, oil on canvas, 2019