An Eternal Mother
My mother saw this print hanging in the home of a friend and invited me to come see it. It is called “An Eternal Mother” by Ardith Nadine Oddous (1927-2002) . I don’t know much about it, but I love it and wanted to post in here so I could remember where to find it! I’m cleaning off my laptop desktop so I can free up some space on my computer. Like my physical office desk, my computer desktop needs some cleaning up as well!
Ardith Oddous is is my grandmother. I’m so pleased you were touched by her painting. She was a very spiritually sensitive woman and was always an inspiration to everyone around her.
Thank you for sharing about her! I bet she was remarkable. Having a spiritually sensitive grandmother is truly a gift.
Ardith Oddous was a special friend of mine in the ’70’s. We served together on the Newport Beach Stake Relief Society board. Ever so grateful that I was privileged to know her, loved her thoughtful ways, her beautifully inspiring testimony. For a time, the original of her “An Eternal Mother” painting hung in the Jordan River Temple at the entrance to the sister’s dressing room. <3
That would have been a perfect place for that painting to be! I received my endowment in the Jordan River Temple years ago. And I love Newport Beach! We use to visit there during the summers when I was a teen. Thanks for sharing, Wendy!
Hello,
My name is Margaret Olsen and I’m curating a show for the Center for Latter-day Saint Art. I’d very much like to know what happened to the original of “An Eternal Mother” or to the prints. I also have some questions about it and about Ardith Oddous. If you would be willing to talk with me, please let me know. Thank you so much.