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Grace to Paint

Weekly Oil Paintings by Sister Maresa Lilley, SND

race to Paint

Weekly Oil Paintings
by Sister Maresa Lilley, SND

Soup

Maresa Lilley, SND June 25, 2025

Mmmmmm…savory.

For the Ages

Maresa Lilley, SND June 18, 2025

Enticed by a beautiful free photo on Pixabay, I decided to render it in paint. From an art point of view, I think line designs add so much interest.

Daisy Duck

Maresa Lilley, SND June 12, 2025

The wet eye caught the light; it is actually bolder in the painting and watching you.

Hockey Kids

Maresa Lilley, SND June 5, 2025

11 x 14″ oil paint on canvas panel; special commission

This is a work still in process; the bright reds will have to go in order to please a customer’s requests…all part of the painting adventures.

The rich reddish orange never gets captured digitally, but it is in the actual painting. My father kept a fish tank for us when we were small children. Perhaps that is behind the draw these golden creatures have on me.

Meet Sr.Maresa

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.