Blush Roses (Middle Stage)

By Maresa Lilley, SND
| February 27, 2013

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

Today I am posting the middle phase of the process for these two, nearly white, pink roses. But I have to lay in enough pink to create the “blush” of color under the whites. More of the shadows have been developed here.

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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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