Swedish artist and sculptor Karl Momen, while driving through Utah on Highway 80 en route to California, saw a "vision" of a Tree in the midst of that barren desert. He put his "vision" to art form and during 1982-1986 created an 87' high sculpture in that desert and called it The Tree of Utah. He then donated his "Tree of Utah" to the State of Utah. Vision In The Desert, with 75 full color photos, tells the written and photographic story of the creation of Tree of Utah. A portion of the proceeds from this book, both hard and soft cover, are being donated to the State of Utah for the ongoing care of the sculpture, a project in cooperation with the Utah Arts Council. Momen's Tree of Utah is located in the barren wasteland where the crew of the Enola Gay practiced their bombing runs before proceeding on to Hiroshima, and where members of the ill-fated Donner Party were tragically delayed before their awful demise in the Sierra Nevada mountains. It is into this heroic and severe environment that Momen introduced his bold work. Ultimately it could be said that the Tree of Utah was created by an unlikely visitor from a foreign land, who, through his indomitable spirit and creative talent, paid a unique and unexpected tribute to the beauty of the Great Western Desert. -- amazon.com
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