Fence and Tree

Name/Title

Fence and Tree

Entry/Object ID

2025.6.89

Description

Title [assigned by archives]: Fence and Tree This watercolor painting by Sister Geraldine (Geri) Eveler, CCVI (1930 – 2013) was brought to the Archives by her sister, Sister Josetta Eveler, CCVI. Sister Geri made this painting sometime in the 1990s. Rendered entirely in brown watercolor paint, it depicts a large oak tree standing in front of a broken wire fence. Título [asignado por los archivos]: Cerca y árbol Esta acuarela de Sor Geraldine (Geri) Eveler, CCVI (1930-2013), fue traída al Archivo por su hermana, Sor Josetta Eveler, CCVI. Sor Geri pintó esta pintura en la década de 1990. Realizada íntegramente en acuarela marrón, representa un gran roble frente a una cerca de alambre rota.

Type of Painting

Painting on paper

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor

Collection

Personnel Membership-Sisters

Made/Created

Artist

Sister Geraldine Eveler, CCVI

Date made

circa 1990 - circa 1999

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

Sister Geri worked in Missouri from 1990 to 1994, when she came to San Antonio to serve as a driver for the Sisters at the Incarnate Word Retirement Community. / Sor Geri trabajó en Missouri de 1990 a 1994, cuando llegó a San Antonio para servir como conductora de las Hermanas en la Comunidad de Jubilados del Verbo Encarnado.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Bottom right

Transcription

Sr. Geraldine Eveler

Material/Technique

In Artist's Hand, Pen

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

watercolors (paintings)

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Watercolor paintings, Fences, Trees, Countryside

Dimensions

Height

13-1/4 in

Width

18-3/4 in

Research Notes

Research Type

Curator

Notes

Sister Geraldine (Geri) Eveler, CCVI was born in Jefferson City, Missouri on April 10, 1930. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1945. She took her first vows in 1948 and took her final vows in 1953. During her early days as a Sister, she missioned as an elementary teacher in schools in Mississippi, Illinois, Texas, and Missouri. She received a BA in English with a minor in Philosophy from Marillac College in 1966. In 1973, she received her M.Ed. in Elementary School Administration from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. She received an M.A. in Religious Studies from Incarnate Word College in 1984. After receiving her Master’s degrees, Sister Geri held leadership roles in several schools: she served as he Principal of St. Mary’s School (Amarillo, Texas) and Director of Religious Education at Our Lady of Lourdes School (Columbia, Missouri) and St. Joseph’s Parish (Manchester, Missouri). Sister Geri spent several years before her retirement, what she called “the wonderful years of [her] life,” as a driver for the Sisters at the Incarnate Word Retirement Center in San Antonio, Texas. After her own retirement, Sister volunteered at the West Kings Highway Community and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital. Sister passed away on April 13, 2013.

Research Type

Curator

Notes

Sor Geraldine (Geri) Eveler, CCVI nació en Jefferson City, Missouri, el 10 de abril de 1930. Ingresó a la Congregación de las Hermanas de la Caridad del Verbo Encarnado en 1945. Hizo sus primeros votos en 1948 y sus votos perpetuos en 1953. Durante sus primeros días como Hermana, trabajó como maestra de primaria en escuelas de Mississippi, Illinois, Texas y Missouri. En 1966 se licenció en Filología Inglesa por el Marillac College. En 1973, recibió su M.Ed. en Administración de Escuelas Primarias de la Universidad de Missouri en St. Louis. En 1984 obtuvo un máster en Estudios Religiosos en el Incarnate Word College. Después de recibir sus títulos de Maestría, Sor Geri desempeñó funciones de liderazgo en varias escuelas: sirvió como Directora de la Escuela de Santa María (Amarillo, Texas) y Directora de Educación Religiosa en la Escuela de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes (Columbia, Missouri) y la Parroquia de San José (Manchester, Missouri). Sor Geri pasó varios años antes de su jubilación, lo que ella llamaba «los años maravillosos de [su] vida», como chofer de las Hermanas en el Centro de Jubilados del Verbo Encarnado en San Antonio, Texas. Después de su propia jubilación, la Hermana trabajó como voluntaria en la Comunidad de West Kings Highway y en el Hospital CHRISTUS Santa Rosa. La Hermana falleció el 13 de abril de 2013.