May 10, 2018
“THE MONARCH”
by Vesna
Originally from Skopje, Macedonia, Vesna now lives in St. Louis and says she is inspired by the “differences in cultures, places, people, and music.” She says “light, colors, shapes, brushstrokes, composition, visual balance, contrast, and beauty” are all part of her personal language—her means of expressing her deepest feelings. Influenced by the iconography, frescoes, and mosaics of centuries-old Macedonian monasteries and churches it was only fitting then that the St. Louis community of Carondelet turned to Vesna to create this mural on the side of its first convent established in 1836: The Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet. The 2014 mural on S. Broadway at Steins St was the the 6th mural completed in Carondelet’s Murals on Broadway project. @vesna_delevska/