11×14″ oil paint on canvas panel
Some of the first lilac from our big yard posed for me last week.
8×6″ oil paint on primed canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
Gifts of Spring
11×14″ oil paint on canvas panel; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
This was a table center piece for a recent banquet.
6×6″ oil on stretched canvas; use comment below to inquire.
I was given a set of 6×6″ stretched canvases, so I am making these small, modern day icons, if I dare call them that.
6×6″ oil paint on stretched canvas; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
I have not yet settled upon a title for this one…
8×8″ oil paint on gessoed artist board; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
For a few weeks now, on the Liturgical calendar, we celebrate the Risen Lord.
6×8″ oil paint on primed canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
Hydrangea makes such a lovely filler in reality or in paint.
6×8″ oil paint on primed canvas sheet; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
…And warm weather dreams set in.
8×8″ oil paint on gessoed artist board; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
A most Blessed Good Friday to all.
8×10″ oil paint on canvas panel; use ‘comment’ below to inquire.
In my youth, it was Degas whose art most enthralled me. This is my version of his “Blue Dancers” in my more rectangular format. His was square (as I found it on the internet).
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. 