which tell the story of her spiritual and artistic journey. Some of the paintings are polyptychs, which are paintings divided into multiple panels or sections. The largest of the Recapitulation paintings is about 20-feet long and comes in six panels. “They are extremely detailed for watercolours,” Kristin says about the series. “I’ve never seen any other watercolours as vibrant and as intense as Sveva’s. This is due to the dry-brush technique that she developed.” Recapitulation took 11 years for Sveva to finish. When the series was nearing completion, she searched for someone to frame, mount and preserve them, but had a difficult time finding help in BC. “No galleries were really interested as they didn’t know who she was,” Kristin says. “They didn’t see her work, either. I think if they did, they might have changed their mind.” Fortunately, Sveva eventually was led to a curator in Edmonton, who offered to take all the works, frame and archive them properly, and even tour them for her. That’s how they ended up in Edmonton, at the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. They remained there for many years. Sveva passed away in 1994 and left her property to the City of Vernon. For many years, the Caetani Centre was managed by the Vernon Public Art Gallery, who primarily used the house as a residence for artists and the outside property for events. In 2008, the Caetani Cultural Centre Society was formed and took over operation of the house and property. They THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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