Humble Artist Aurelia Nejeres's Inspired Portraits Grace New Mexico Sanctuary

LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS
By James Staley

Artist Aurelia Nejeres stands in front of three oil paintings that she created in celebration
of the Exaltation of the Cross feast day at Holy Cross Catholic Church. (Niki Rhynes/For the Sun-News)

NEW MEXICO---Aurelia Nejeres isn't quite sure of the name of all the tools at her disposal, but based on the response to the self-taught artist's work, she knows how to use them. Nejeres recently completed a trio of oversized portraits that hang on a rear wall inside the sanctuary of Holy Cross Catholic Church. The large, oil-on-plastic-glass paintings represent three of the most well-known figures of contemporary Catholicism: Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II and the saint popularly called Padre Pio. [link]