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Savvy Senior Marketing
March 1, 2023
BROOKLYN, N.Y., March 1, 2023 /Christian
Newswire/ -- The unique paintings of an artist who has captured the
contemplative spirit of the Visitation Sisters in an impressionistic style will
be on display in Brooklyn, NY this month.
Anne Goetze, who meshes photographs with dabbles, dips and soothing colors, will
display her new works in the exhibit, "Pray to Love," at The Emmaus Center, 288
Berry St., Brooklyn, NY, March 11-14.
"I felt wow - you can almost walk into that picture," said Sister Susan Marie
Kasprzak, superior of the Visitation Monastery in Brooklyn, commenting on one of
Goetze's paintings. "I felt so moved by it, and also the way it's presented. It
gives depth and perspective. It feels that it's almost alive."
For twenty years, Goetze travelled back and forth to the town of Annecy, France,
observing the life of the Visitation Sisters and taking photos at their
motherhouse, where her aunt lived as a sister.
Nature and buildings are part of Goetze's overall works. But she has also
developed a corpus of mixed-media work that brings out the joyful and yet
pensive lives of the Visitation Sisters.
In one painting, for example, one sees three sisters in black habits laughing.
But a plain wall, window and crucifix behind them are enhanced with blurred
brush strokes, taking the viewer into an ethereal world.
Other paintings begin as photographs and are enhanced with the dabbled looks
reminiscent of a Cézanne or Degas.
Goetze is returning to Brooklyn after exhibiting there in 2015. At this year's
show, she will include two new paintings of the Visitation Chapel and gardens of
the Brooklyn Visitation Monastery. She will also show scenes from Visitation
monasteries throughout the U.S. including text written by the nuns to accompany
the paintings.
The St. Louis Visitation will be hosting her at the end of March.
The Visitation Order was founded by St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal
in 1610. Today the Visitation has monasteries all over the world. The nuns in
Brooklyn have been living humbly since 1855 and pray steadfastly for this world.
For more information on the exhibit, visit The Emmaus House at
https://emmausbrooklyn.org/pray-to-love, or Goetze's website at
http://www.annegoetze.com. The Brooklyn Visitation Monastery is at
https://brooklynvisitationmonastery.org.
SOURCE Savvy Senior Marketing
CONTACT: Sr. Susan Marie Kasprzak, 718-745-4452,
srsusanvhm@aol.com