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IONA, Idaho (KIFI) — The Bonneville Art Association held its annual Fall Art Show October 11-12. People got to see and buy the pieces the members have been working on. This year’s featured artists are Ken Fry and Steve Winchester.

“Some just do watercolors, some do oils, but I like to experiment,” Fry said.

“I paint primarily scenery. I do some individuals,” said Winchester. “I like landscaping and flowers and stuff like that.”

The Bonneville Art Association offers workshops and classes for anyone who wants to learn how to paint. Fry and Winchester shared their advice to anyone who wants to learn, but might be hesitant to try.

“Just start,” Winchester said. “You don’t have to have an incredible talent to paint. You just have to have a desire to paint. The more you paint, the better you become.”

Even these featured artists didn’t create masterpieces when they started. We asked them how their current work compares to what they painted when they first started out.

“There’s no comparison,” Winchester said as he laughed. “My first piece of art was just a brown line on a piece of paper.”

“I have a whole lot that’s in the closet,” said Fry. “There’s a lot of failures when you’re doing art.”

Fry and Winchester agree no matter what your experience level might be as an artist, the main thing to create art is to start.

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) — Israel and Sariah Garcia’s love story began like any other, until tragedy struck just two weeks after their engagement. While moving steel beams at BYU-Idaho, Israel was critically injured when a stack of approximately 900 pounds of steel collapsed onto his head. Rushed to the hospital, he showed no signs of brain activity, and doctors gave little hope for survival. “I was very confident that he wasn’t going to make it,” Sariah recalled.”I just remember, sitting there thinking, like, it was perfect this morning. This can’t be real.”

Their perfect life, captured by the photographs on Sariah’s wall, each containing a promise from the man she hoped to marry, had been shattered. Sariah was left to face the possible loss of the man she loved.

Despite the grim outlook, Sariah experienced a profound shift in belief just three days after the accident. “I, without a shadow of a doubt, knew that he was going to live,” she stated. Israel, who had shown no signs of brain activity for five days, was suddenly responding to commands.

Israel’s recovery consistently defied all medical expectations. It was initially believed he would never move, talk, or walk again. But months later, Israel not only relearned how to walk and talk, but he went on to take the biggest step of all: marching down the aisle to marry Sariah just months after the accident. Now, he plans to be the husband and father he promised he would be.

Local News 8 was able to speak with the young man who has proven to be Stronger than Steel. Watch the full story above.