O That I Were an Angel

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O That I Were an Angel

O That I Were an Angel

Rosanna Lynne Welter
Country
Born 1950, Idaho; residing Utah
Dimensions
27 x 33 x 0.5 In.
Medium
Ink and watercolor pencil on textile
After his friends tell him of their successful missions to the Lamanites, the Book of Mormon prophet Alma yearns, “O that I were an angel, and could have the wish of mine heart, that I might go forth and speak with the trump of God!” (Alma 29:1). But Alma proves an effective missionary, even without an angelic trumpet. Walker creates a pair of wings, a symbol of Alma’s desires and the eventual fulfillment of his desire as he passed on to the next life.
“There are . . . angels on this side of the veil, reaching out to complete the same missions while in mortality—no wings needed.”
—Rosanna Lynne Welter