Painted nun with halo and crossed hands

Hildegard, 2011,watercolor on paper, © Holly Trostle Brigham

Painted skeleton wearing ornate golden crown

Dead Hildegard, 2011, watercolor on paper, © Holly Trostle Brigham, photographed by Ken Ek

Framed nun portrait above ornate gilded reliquary cabinet

Hildegard's Box, 2013. Sculptural/Installation 21 ½” x 21 ½” x 44” © Holly Trostle Brigham, photographed by Ken Ek

Gold net pendant with red stone and pearls

© Holly Trostle Brigham, photographed by Ken Ek

Nun playing stringed instrument, gold leaf background

Santa Caterina’s Trinity, 2013 Watercolor on Paper 29 ½”x29 ½” © Holly Trostle Brigham, photographed by Ken Ek

Artist painting ink brushwork in a traditional room

Otagaki Rengetsu, 2014, watercolor, 29 ½” x 29 ½” © Holly Trostle Brigham

Religious painting of nuns and crucifix

Sorella Plautilla Nelli's Lamentation, 2012, watercolor on paper, 29 1/2” x 29 1/2”,© Holly Trostle Brigham, photographed by Ken Ek

Woman holding amulet before flower-covered altar

Hilaria Batista de Almeida, Provider, 2015, Watercolor on Paper 29 ½”x29 ½” © Holly Trostle Brigham, photographed by Ken Ek

Nun portrait with flower headdress and text

Sor Juana de la Cruz, 2015, Watercolor on Paper 29 ½”x29 ½” © Holly Trostle Brigham, photographed by Ken Ek

Elderly woman painting a saintly portrait

Andrea Maria de la Encarnacion, 2015, Watercolor on Paper 29 ½”x29 ½” © Holly Trostle Brigham, photographed by Ken Ek

Victorian woman sewing a doll in ornate room

Henriette DeLille, 2013, Watercolor on Paper, Private Collection, 29 ½”x29 ½” © Holly Trostle Brigham, photographed by Ken Ek