Kathryn “Missy” Simnacher has produced incredible artwork hanging in the Aquinas Newman Center on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque. The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is larger than life at 4′x8′. Sts. Thomas Aquinas and Dominic are represented in unique ‘house’ frames that give a since of humor to the pieces. The sculptural processional cross with it’s ‘naive’ painting of the body of Christ is very ‘retablo’ style. And finally, the ‘Symbols of the Evangelists’ from the Book of Kells are her most dynamic project ever. They represent almost a year of work, but feel like a whole life’s work to her. She collaborates with her husband, Gerald, to design the incredibly unique frames for all her work.
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