About: Brian Olson
Brian Olson
Self Taught artist
Temple Credits
Winnipeg Manitoba
Saratoga Springs Utah
Coming Soon
There are not many good interior photos yet, just construction photos, but there is another interior of a temple I had the opportunity to work on. I will do a post on that one later.
Temple Lighting
Recently, I was contacted by a company that provides lighting designs for buildings. They had been contracted to catalog lighting on a number of temples, and with their assistance I was able to provide accurate models for them to lock the lighting in on.
Visitors Center Display
Nauvoo Visitor’s Center
Back in 202 the Church contacted me about the possibility of me producing an image for use in the new visitors center displays at the Historic Nauvoo Visitors Center. After several revisions, they decided upon a color 2 piece image they could arrange to their liking for the display.
Film Credits (chronologically)
Kirtland: America’s Sacred Ground (2017)
Modeler (Kirtland Temple Pulpits)
While filmed mostly onsite, it was decided during the post-production to add a scene that takes place in the temple interior. Flying back out to film on-site was deemed unfeasible, so they contacted me about using my model as a digital set for the new scene
Witnesses (2021)
Modeler (Kirtland Temple Interior/Exterior)
The actual Kirtland temple was not available for filming when this film was shot. I was approached about using my exterior and interior models to generate replacements for the actual location of Kirtland Temple.
Kirtland Exterior
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My model replacing the original shot
Kirtland Interior (Wide)
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Kirtland Interior (Close-up)
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Undaunted (2022)
Modeler (Kirtland Temple Interior/Exterior)
With clips taken from the Witnesses film, this documentary film uses the scenes from Witnesses that feature my model interior and exterior.
See some of the scenes in context (0:00-0:30)
Kirtland Exterior
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Kirtland Interior (Wide)
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Kirtland Interior (Close-up)
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Six Days in August (2024)
Modeler (Kirtland Temple Interior/Exterior)
Modeler (Nauvoo Temple Exterior)
The actual Nauvoo and Kirtland temples were not available for filming when this film was shot. I was approached about using my exterior and interior models to generate replacements for the actual location of Kirtland Temple.
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Kirtland Interior (Wide)
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Kirtland Interior (Close-up)
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Nauvoo Exterior (Wide)
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Nauvoo Exterior (Close-up)
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Last updated on: 24 September 2025