BY BENJAMIN SCOTT
Cardinal Staff
If you walk into the Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries at Saint Mary’s University, you will find a diverse gathering of artwork.
The new art show, “Seven Point Perspective,” is a collection of all the members of the Art Department and their respective styles. These individuals are Brother Roderick Robertson, Preston Lawing, Rob McCall, John Whelan, Charlie Campbell, Kathy Greden Christenson, and Sister Margaret Mear, who is the featured artist in the show.
Sister Margaret began working at SMU in 1976, around the time when the Art Department was first conceived as a discipline at SMU. Over the past 33 years, she has worked to help develop the Art Department into what it is today. Sister Margaret’s artwork may be found all over campus, but what immediately stands out about her expression is her love of horses, which she joked is “the only worthwhile subject matter.” This passion came about in her childhood.
She grew up on a horse farm, which instilled an indelible ardor for horses. After finishing her Bachelor’s Degree, she started teaching at Carmel High School, not far from Chicago. “I’d often on the weekend go down to Chicago and look at the museums and the galleries(…) I was very strongly influenced by whatever I saw on the weekend,” said Sister Margaret. “I was having a really hard time finding my own style; (there was) too much art!” She admitted that although she will enjoy her oncoming retirement at the end of the semester, “I will miss the kids,” said Sister Margaret. “I really enjoy students. They are really beautiful people.
The art show incorporates three principal mediums of expression Sister Margaret utilizes: painting, sketching and sculpturing, all of which are deeply influenced by personal life experiences.
Sister Margaret’s artwork, as well as the other art faculty artwork in “Seven Point Perspective,” will remain in the gallery until Sunday, Feb. 14. The gallery hours are 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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