Always sensitive to the needs of our community families, Spilsbury Mortuary commissioned Jerry Anderson, a world famous artist known for his many bronze works, to create an art piece to nourish the spirit, re-affirm faith, and restore hope. After more than a year in the making,"Come Unto Me" has been unveiled and is on display in their mortuary foyer. "Come Unto Me" is a series of three figures depicting many Christian beliefs relating to death, resurrection, eternal life, and the Savior, Jesus Christ.

"Art is one of the ways God communicates with His people," says Owner and Director, Ted Spilsbury, "Art has feeling, emotion, and a power when you see it in person. Art can be a gift of love, and Jerry Anderson's masterpiece, "Come Unto Me." is our gift of love to all of those who see it."

Since its unveiling ceremony, December 2, 2000, over 1,500 community members have come to visit Spilsbury Mortuary and experience Jerry Anderson's masterpiece sculpture. "Many times," says Ted Spilsbury, "we have personally experienced the thrill of guests being touched by the Spirit, evidenced by tears rolling down their cheeks.

Many visitors have shared their experience with such words as, "Absolutely beautiful and inspiring," "It made be feel so peaceful", "Truly uplifting." "Thank you for sharing this with our community," and "The feeling I experienced will never leave me".

"Come Unto Me" is a beautiful addition to the foyer of Spilsbury Mortuary, and it is yours to enjoy throughout the years as various times such as during the Christmas and Easter seasons, after christenings and weddings, as well as funeral services. You are always welcome to visit and behold this inspiring Anderson masterpiece that touches the heart with comfort and peace.

Since the unveiling of "Come Unto Me", we have been overwhelmed by the emotional response to our beautiful new sculpture.

Jerry Anderson, a widely recognized master of bronze sculpture, brings over fifty years of life, artistic learning, and a devout faith in Jesus, to his recent monumental work, "Come Unto Me." Throughout history, God has often directed the artist's hands to communicate His ever-constant love for His people, and surely God directed Jerry's hands, for "Come Unto Me" instills such comfort and peace.

As I worked with my clay to create "Come Unto Me", says artist, Jerry Anderson, "I thought about my eighty year old mother and how it saddens me to see her losing her dignity to old age. I thought about her being young and beautiful. I began to pray for God to help me create an inspiring piece of work that would be unique in concept and would express strong feeling, show sincerity in the execution of its form, and mostly, have the presence to give people who would see it a feeling of hope, peace, and also belief in eternal life."

Jerry Anderson took over a year to finish sculpting all three statues in the bronze series plus the impressive base of "Come Unto Me." Just a moment in its presence reveals that he has sculpted with the greatest of care each seen and unseen detail; knowing in his heart, his God sees everywhere.

Jerry Anderson's technique of sculpturing is especially effective in portraying like-like emotion. His figure of the aging woman looking back to earth, a reflection of his own aging mother, is at once so familiar in its facial expression of hesitation that it becomes personally identifiable as well as the symbol of all humanity.

The beautiful young woman passing through the darkness to the light of our Savior, radiates the joy of her new-born life. The figure of Christ, with outstretched hands and loving face, reflects the glory of the risen Savior and invokes a universal feelings of faith.

In "Come Unto Me," Jerry Anderson has produced a work of bronze statuary as ennobling and beautiful as any seen in our modern centuries. More importantly, it embodies such an emotionally strong spirit of hope, faith, and love that "Come Unto Me" is truly a masterpiece of historical and spiritual significance and a profound artistic statement.

Jerry Anderson was born in Las Vegas, Nevada but at age six moved with his family to Manti, Utah. In 1954, he married Fawn Olsen and the two of them moved shortly, thereafter, to Southern California. There, for 26 years, Anderson worked in the steel industry but his heart was always finding ways to pursue his avocation of being a sculptor. He took anatomy classes, studied the great artist, and perfected his techniques of sculpting. His experience growing up in Utah's western heritage and beautiful wilderness terrain influenced much of his artistic subject matter. In 1981, he left his job in the steel business and returned to Utah to devote his life to sculpturing. His works are recognized as being infused with genuine feeling and characterized by stong design and careful attention to anatomy. He has created over 70 limited edition bronzes, 32 of which are life-size pieces. His bronze monuments can be seen at universities throughout the West. Also, "Anderson Limited Edition Bronzes" are found in private collections around the world.