Awaiting the call of the stage.
Last year, I fell in love with anemones. I am completely enamored. I wonder if they could ever be house plants?
My camera refuses to pick up the richness of subtle color, so the actual painting is more colorful.
This was painted some time ago and is only getting posted now. Better late than never?
Still thinking about a title for this image…
Don’t you just love these best dressed little birds?
Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th’encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
Saint Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Spring emerges on silent feet.
OK, I know the title is pretty bad, but I think each painting that comes from my paints in this time will always remind me of these most unusual circumstances.
A client saw a small painting of a cardinal that is in my online shop and asked for a bigger version. I am awaiting the word of acceptance.
I am Sister Maresa Lilley, a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame, located in Chardon, Ohio, USA. For many years, I have enjoyed a passion that permits me to reflect upon simple reality with a brush in hand. To capture a simple essence on canvas and to discover inherent beauty is a daily immersion. While busy with teaching, or administration, or other various roles of my past, I found the quiet pursuit of pushing creamy oil paint into some kind of meaningful arrangement a soulful refreshment. I hope that through this blog, you also can enjoy a fresh look at grace and charm in the ordinary.
The Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio, belong to an international congregation of more than two thousand apostolic women religious. We are one in mind and one in heart for the transformation of the world in Christ. 