6×8″ oil paint on primed canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
Strength and beauty and hopefully peace.
6×8″ oil paint on primed canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
Just practicing one of my favorite faces.
8×8″ oil paint on gesssoed artist board; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
Jesus had a long desert retreat before he began his work. He had to do battle with all other ‘priorities’ in order to feed on his relationship as Beloved Son.
6×8″ oil paint on primed canvas paper; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
These small pastorals with the Good Shepherd appeal to young and old.
11×14″ oil paint on artist board; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
Today we celebrate the birthday of the Mother of God. I post here the beloved image of the Catholics of Vietnam.
6×8″ oil paint on primed canvas paper; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
I brought home some inspiration from a brief trip through Vietnam this past August.
11×14″ oil paint on artist board; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
I painted this still life in a workshop with an artist I admire, Qiang Huang. He put one small spot of bright red orange on the peach and made my day.
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Streaming light on white
8×8″ oil paint on canvas panel; special commission.
These swing dance figures are in response to a request for more ‘jive’ paintings with particular uniforms.
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. 