Sister Mercedes, Marija Mickevicius, was born in Chicago in 1915 by her Lithuanian immigrant parents. Growing up, she studied at the St. Casmir Academy for girls. The academy was administered by sisters who were a "community of religious women", founded in 1907, in Scrantum, PA by Maria Kaupas. Maria believed that she should create a congregation that could maintain and give nourishment to the Lithuanian immigrants. With that mission statement, Marija became religious and joined the Sisters. She graduated from the academy and went to DePaul University to continue her studies, obtaining a Ph.B. degree. Sister Mercedes received a Master of Fine Arts degree after studying art, painting, and drawing at several universities and colleges. Since then, Sister Mercedes has designed artwork on walls, canvases, Christmas cards, book covers, etc. One of her largest artwork has been a 17x22 foot mural of Our Lady of Siluva for a church called Nativity B.V.M in Chicago.
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The white is mainly used to create some sort of lighting or “glow” to the lady whom the people are all surrounded. It creates an effect that looks like the lady is floating or coming down from the skies. The white and black colors are used as more of shading, which is enhancing the background and also some of the clothing of the people. The gold coloring enhances the piece because it makes the people stand out aside from not being the focal point. It enhances the lighting of the art and also helps with the glow above the woman.
The “Our Lady of Siluva” artwork is representational. The artist shows the realism in her painting by representing her Lithuanian culture. This is a painting of a woman who appears to be Madonna. Today, “Our Lady of Siluva” is known as the first apparition of the mother of God in Europe. Sister Mercedes wanted to represent something real; religion, which represents
According to Sister Mercedes' …show more content…
The white is mainly used to create some sort of lighting or “glow” to the lady whom the people are all surrounded. It creates an effect that looks like the lady is floating or coming down from the skies. The white and black colors are used as more of shading, which is enhancing the background and also some of the clothing of the people. The gold coloring enhances the piece because it makes the people stand out aside from not being the focal point. It enhances the lighting of the art and also helps with the glow above the woman.
The “Our Lady of Siluva” artwork is representational. The artist shows the realism in her painting by representing her Lithuanian culture. This is a painting of a woman who appears to be Madonna. Today, “Our Lady of Siluva” is known as the first apparition of the mother of God in Europe. Sister Mercedes wanted to represent something real; religion, which represents