Grace to Paint

 

Weekly Oil Paintings by Sister Maresa Lilley, SND

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race to Paint

Weekly Oil Paintings
by Sister Maresa Lilley, SND

Pumpkin Spray

8×8″ gessoed artist panel; click on painting for purchase information.

 

Fall arrived, crisp, cool, and clean. This is a small centerpiece for anywhere just to celebrate the season. I tried painting it with a black calligraphy line for a lighthearted statement. Goodbye warm summer days; hello falling leaves and windy weather. Good night, dear trees.

Enthroned

12×16″ oil on canvas panel; click on painting for purchase information.

In a day, the seasons change from Summer to Fall, and earth begins to erupt in color. Pumpkin orange leads the way dotting fields in plump fruits, and so I say, “Hail, O great pumpkin of the Season. Thank you for glowing faces and pumpkin pie!”

 

Window Watch

11×14″ oil on canvas panel; click on painting for purchase information.

Humble yard flowers of Madison, Connecticut were gathered and put into glass by the staff of a retreat center there. Several small arrangements graced the dining tables, so in between meals, I posed this one in a window frame of soft, cloudy day light. The name of the retreat center is “Mercy by the Sea”. I tried to show these flowers some of my own mercy by extending their lives in paint.

Trappist Jam

8×8″ oil on canvas panel; not available for sale.

This jar of golden pineapple jam, home grown by the Trappists of the Philippines, made it to our USA breakfast table. Because it was so delicious, its existence was but a breakfast flash in the pan. At least it is memorialized here in paint.

Rest Stop

8×8″ oil on gessoed artist panel; SOLD

A room with a view! This cozy place was all prepared for the next guest, and much to my surprise, I was the next! So I hung my picture and staged the hat and flowers, but the room is as it is. It looks a bit different from Van Gogh’s painting of his rustic little room where he turned out a few of his works, but maybe we were both intrigued by interiors…places where people live and aspire.

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.

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