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This was a special commission. The painting represents symbols for the Trinity: radiant light and sky to indicate God the Father Creator, the dove with outstretched wings for the Holy Spirit, and the cross for Jesus Christ.
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Each year with the flowering of springtime, I have the strong inclination to paint peonies. It is now August, and I do not know if I have spent my desire yet.
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This is the second in a special commission. (See previous post)
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I was asked to do this special commission for some well loved granddaughters. Wednesday’s post will be a second angel for another.
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These peonies are looking rather formal.
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The Good Shepherd is leading us home.
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I think the mountains give this away as China. I put several elements together to paint this composition.
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Earlier in my posts here, you can find Tea House I…an outing I enjoy from time to time with my aunt and two dear cousins, Jean and Joanne. This the second capture and I may yet do one more.
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This is the third in my series of gray-toned backgrounds for the warm faces of the Master.
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Enticing deep forest slashed with light, bewinged with blue butterflies…what could be more enticing?
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.
