No Greater Love
Gregory K. Olsen (1958– )
- Medium
United States
ca. 2009
Oil on linen
"Jesus suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane. I have thought of this night as one of extremes. Surely it was filled with extreme agony—the result of a burden of unimaginable intensity and scope. Somehow, Jesus took upon Himself all the suffering and frailties of the entire human race. In some unfathomable, concentrated way, Jesus descended “below all things” (D&C 88:6). The Atonement was an act of infinite, transcendent love for each one of us. This act stands as the most glorious event of all time! For 25 years I have wanted to visually depict this; however, the difficulty of portraying such “unknowable things” has consistently thwarted me. I have resigned myself to the fact that I am incapable of adequately representing the characteristics of this event, whether terrible or transcendent. I have finally settled on a moment that is in between."