Sister Celeste Mokrzycki
"WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPE"
Biography:
Sister Celeste Mokrzycki, a Sister of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia, was born in Poland and emigrated to the United States when she was five years old. Always a creative spirit from childhood, she studied oil painting and other mediums at the Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia and Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, where she earned a BA in studio art.
When she entered the Sisters of Saint Joseph, she began to discover her love for watercolor because of its fluidity and spontaneity. The medium reflected her personality more and she began to study watercolor to develop her technique and knowledge with Eli Rosenthal, Jim McFarlane and Tony Couch.
Her work has been displayed at the Noyes Museum of Art, Woodmere Art Gallery in Philadelphia, Atlantic Cape Community College, and the Gallery in Hammonton. Sister Celeste has won best of show in several juried shows. Presently, she teaches watercolor, drawing and acrylic at the Community Center in Brigantine, NJ and serves as a part-time chaplain at Georgetown University for the School of Nursing and the School of Health.
When she entered the Sisters of Saint Joseph, she began to discover her love for watercolor because of its fluidity and spontaneity. The medium reflected her personality more and she began to study watercolor to develop her technique and knowledge with Eli Rosenthal, Jim McFarlane and Tony Couch.
Her work has been displayed at the Noyes Museum of Art, Woodmere Art Gallery in Philadelphia, Atlantic Cape Community College, and the Gallery in Hammonton. Sister Celeste has won best of show in several juried shows. Presently, she teaches watercolor, drawing and acrylic at the Community Center in Brigantine, NJ and serves as a part-time chaplain at Georgetown University for the School of Nursing and the School of Health.
