Sister Anna Mae Schaben taught art for 45 years in the schools of the Daughters of Charity. In 1988, Villa St. Michael held a 50-year retrospective of her work. Her thoughts on art at the time were explained as “I believe that art is man’s response…
The Emmitsburg Stone House appears in the background of this tree scene on the grounds of the St. Joseph’s Provincial house as it appeared in the mid-1980s.
Sister Joan Ann’s sketches and line drawings repeatedly show tree motifs. This piece is one she created in her spare time during her mission at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Nursing Home in Tainan, Taiwan.
This is part of a two-part series of faces. Sister Loretta was an art teacher from 1973-1997 before becoming coordinator of the art program at Roarke Center in Troy, NY. Her preferred medium for the last 30 years has been bronze sculpture.
The Virgin del Valle is widely venerated in Venezuela and Argentina. She appeared in the Province of Catamarca in Argentina between the years 1618 and 1620. Sister Maria created this work during a period of her art ministry in Arkansas.
This piece begins with closed line drawings covered with hot beeswax. After the wax dries, burnt sienna watercolor is used to create the different shades and colors. Each layer of sienna adds more color as it settles on a space. After it cools,…