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My brother Grant Alma Wolsey died this week.
Though he lived a troubled life and there were times when it wasn't safe for me to be around him,
I never stopped loving him.
Through the years I have enjoyed many pictures of Christ.
This particular painting of the Savior touched me profoundly
because it looked like my brother.
Grant often wore a beard and long hair.
Every time I looked at this image of Christ I wept because I love my brother and I miss him.
I have since come to understand that Christ lives inside each of us
and when we see the Savior in each other we catch a glimpse
of the grandeur of each soul
and more fully understand
the price that was paid
so that we can all return
to our Heavenly Parents some day.
Goodbye Grant.
I love you.
Here is a link to the tribute wall on the funeral web page. https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/17543585/Grant-Wolsey/wall |
"For my whole life, the one painting that I wanted to create the most above anything else was a portrait of Jesus Christ. I worked on many different portraits of Christ through the years, but I was never quite satisfied with any of them until I painted "Light of the World". I have since based many paintings off of this one image. You may find it interesting that I painted this portrait during a very low point in my life. I had been really struggling to see any success as an artist, and after a few weeks of particularly trying circumstances, I was very close to making some major "career choice" changes. I believe that my Father in Heaven wanted me to stay the course. When I decided to use some new reference material to alter a previous similar looking portrait that just wasn't quite right, everything seemed to fall into place. I do believe that I had Divine help that day, because this was one of the easiest paintings that I have ever created. I feel that what sets this painting apart from any of my previous work, is the fact that I wasn't trying to paint what Christ looks like, but I was trying to paint what He feels like, because although I have never seen Him, I have felt Him, and I believe if you can somehow capture that feeling into a work of art, then you can't go wrong. This is my way of sharing my testimony of Christ with others. He is real. He loves you. I want people to look at this painting and know it."
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| Grant Alma Wolsey |
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| Grant Wolsey with his mother Fay Parrish Wolsey. |
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| Grant Wolsey with his father Heber Grant Wolsey. |
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| Grant with his parents at BYU graduation. |
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| Grant playing the guitar and singing with his sisters Lori and Dawnene. |
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| Heber and Fay Wolsey family in the 1960's. |
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| Fay Parrish Wolsey with her four children: Diane, Mary and Grant. Janene is the baby is Fay's arms. |
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| Mary Eliza Wolsey with her grandchildren: Diane, Janene, Linda, Mary and Grant. |
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| Heber and Fay Wolsey with their children: Diane, Janene, Linda, Mary, Grant and Joy. |
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| Grant, Mary, Janene, Diane and Linda Wolsey. |
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| Grant, Mary, Linda, Diane and Janene Wolsey. |
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| Grant, Diane, Janene and Mary Wolsey. |
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| Grant, Diane, Mary, Janene and Linda Wolsey. |
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| Grant, Diane, Mary, Janene, Linda, Joy and Dawnene Wolsey. |
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| Grant Wolsey Year Book photo. |
