8×6″ oil paint on canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
Like any young girl in first century Israel, Mary prepared for a future mostly unknown until an angel came to Nazareth.
6×8″ oil paint on primed canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
Winter paints such lovely scenes.
8×6″ oil paint on primed canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
Guess who visited our house last night on Dec. 6…yes, himself!
6×9″ oil paint on canvas sheet; Use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Nicholas. This was painted from some family salt and pepper shakers that seem to indicate that there was a great woman behind the great man.
6×8″ oil paint on canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
The shiny ornaments are always fun to put into paint.
6×8″ oil paint on primed canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
A room for homey hospitality
6×8″ oil paint on canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
We are in for our first heavy snow here in Geauga County: the prediction is 10 – 18 inches tonight!
6×8″ oil paint on primed canvas paper; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
6×8″ oil paint on primed canvas paper; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
This was a quick study to demonstrate the painting process.
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. 