Saint Elizabeth receives Award 🌟 by Portrait Society of America

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary was completed in clay in fall of 2024 and is currently at Reinmuth Bronze Foundry in Oregon being cast in bronze. She will be installed in front of Saint Elizabeth Hospital (VMFH), Enumclaw, Washington State in summer of 2025. Last December, Mardie Rees received the 2nd Place Award for a commissioned portrait with Portrait Society of America for her sculpture of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. It was a huge honor to be recognized amoung the greatest Portrait Artists working in the field today.  

Here you can see photos of the arrival of Saint Elizabeth’s body at Reinmuth Foundry. Pieces of her body had to be removed for transportation (see video of pieces removed here) and then a special frame had to be constructed in order to place her in the truck and deliver her for the bronze casting part of the project (see video). Now her head is being molded and prepared for wax. The playing cards are placed to begin creating the parting line so the “print coat” can be added. The original clay sculpture is destroyed in the process to make a bronze.