Artists

Born the third son of a Hungarian Goldsmith, Albrecht Dürer (1471- 1528) had begun painting by the time he was thirteen. At fifteen he left his father’s employ and was apprenticed to the painter and printmaker Michael Wolgumut where he began to work with woodcuts and copper engravings as well. He traveled to the Netherlands and often to Italy where he studied Italian Renaissance painters. By 1512 he had become portraitist to the rich and famous of his time, including prominent mer￾chants, clergy, government officials, and Emperor Maximilian I and King Christian II of Denmark. “The Fall of Man,” the 1504 engraving of Adam and Eve which ap￾pears on our cover, was an early product of his Italian studies and sought to express his new ideas of beauty and harmony. It combines the ideals of the south within the Gothic traditions of the North.

Scott Carrier, whose photographs we feature in this issue of Dialogue, is an independent writer and radio producer. His print stories have been published in Harper’s, Rolling Stone, Esquire, QQ, and Mother Jones magazines. His radio stories have been broadcast on All Things Considered, This American Life , Savvy Traveler, and other public radio pro’ grams. A collection of his stories, Running After Antelope, was published by Counterpoint Press in 2001. “I started taking photographs of the people I interviewed for radio stories. Or at least I did this in the beginning, and then stopped because it seemed like asking too much of the subject to do both things, and also there was no use for the photos in those days. Now there is the World Wide Web, which combines audio and visual photos very well. But the photos in the show [and in this issue of Dialogue] were taken for magazine articles I wrote for various publications. I was hired as a writer, but I also took photos and the magazines liked them and published them.”

Kathy Wilson paintings of Sego Gallery featured and Framing Center in Salt Lake City. Her paintings featured on the cover of this issue, Tulips and Aspens at Fish Lake , were done in watercolor. She feels she does her best work with watercolors although she paints with a variety of media, including oils and acrylics. A native of Salt Lake City, Kathy began her career as a land￾scape painter when Mary Kimball Johnson, her art teacher at Lincoln Junior High, gave her an expensive watercolor brush as a graduation present. She enjoys painting nature, where she experi￾ences a deep spirituality. She told Salt Lake magazine that she believes the key to landscape painting is to be aware of nature. “There’s so much to see, yet few people take the time to look, much less to visualize. The spirit of the land doesn’t reveal itself to those unwilling to give themselves to it.” Her creative landscape extends to the human landscape and includes the state of mind that infuses her paintings – carefully observing how we connect and relate. Kathy has five children and seven grandchildren with whom she associates closely. She has served on the boards of non-profit organi￾zations, including The Children’s Center in Salt Lake City and the Sunstone Foundation. She has supported the local Tibetan commu￾nity with projects in Utah and India and helped organize Utah Bolivian Partners to raise funds for the Children’s Mental Health Center in La Paz. She is also active in programs aimed at alleviating poverty, being involved with Results, a citizen lobby that addresses the issues of the poor, and with Microcredit, a program of extending small loans to extremely poor people for the purpose of creating life￾sustaining projects.

A native of Salt Lake City, Bonnie Posselli was introduced early by her mother to plein air painting, which she describes as her “abiding love and strongest asset.” She has traveled extensively to paint in France, Brazil, An gentina, Peru, Guatemala, Chile, Easter Island, Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, and Alaska, to say nothing of the Puget Sound and the redrock country of Utah and the Four Corners area. Her subjects, chiefly done in oils, include landscapes, both rural and wild, and outdoor scenes from villages and cities. Among the important influences upon her art were the in￾struction of Alvin Gittens of the University of Utah Art Department and the art of early landscape painter John F. Carlson, whose “reverence for pure, natural landscape and his abiding love of trees” continue to inspire her to this day. Bonnie has had many gallery and corporate one person shows. Her most recent awards include Best of Show, Maynard Dixon Invitational; Deserei News Purchase Award; and Utah Governor’s Mansion Artist Award. Further examples of her art can be viewed at http:www.bonnieposselli.com.

David Koch has loved art ever since he was in grade school but didn’t realize that he could also make a living at it until his second year at Utah State Univer￾sity. He paints various subjects but particularly enjoys recreating historical events. His paintings can be found in many art collections, including that of Vice President Dick Cheney and in the LDS Nauvoo Temple. David, his wife Lori, and five children, Thomas, Hannah, Megan, Mitchell, and Mallory, have a home and studio in Richmond, Utah. He writes: “I am very blessed to be do￾ing what I love while enjoying the support and company of my family. I am very excited about the future where there is so much to learn and discover.” For more information about his art, visit www.davidkochartist.com

A lifetime resident of Utah, Liz Lemon Swindle studied art at Utah State University. Liz initially worked as a set designer and painter for Osmond Stu￾dios, then focused her attention on oil painting, guided by wildlife artist Nancy Glazier. After gaining a reputation as a wildlife painter, Liz turned to representing scenes of her faith, particularly portraits of Joseph and Emma Smith and episodes from the life of Jesus.

Greg Olsen was born in Idaho and resides there still. He studied art at Utah State University where he met and married Sydnie Cazier. They have six children and a number of grandchildren. For more information about his art, visit http://www.gregolsenart.com. Of his painting depicted in this issue, Greg  writes: “In a home near the Sea of Galilee, Jairus and his wife are given an unfathomable gift as Jesus rescues them from overwhelming grief by raising their twelve-year-old daughter from the dead. The Savior’s healing touch and gentle command truly are a miracle never to be forgotten.”

Born in Bohemia, Wulf Barsch von Benedikt is now an American citizen. He received a rigorous Bauhaus training in Germany from master students of Kandinsky and Klee. He got an MFA at Werkkunstschule, Hanover, Germany, in 1967, before coming to America. He is a professor of art in the Department of Visual Arts, Brigham Young University. He presently resides in Boulder, Utah, and commutes to Provo.

A graduate of Brigham Young University’s BFA and MFA program, Bethanne Andersen initially focused on abstract painting but later moved to New York to study illustration at the School of Visual Arts. As an illustrator, she has received critical praise for her work and has earned the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, the Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Award, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book Award. She currently teaches art at Brigham Young University.