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

Band Notes

Just for fun; nothing too serious here.

Eat More Beef

Sometimes one abandons the sublime for the ridiculous.

Restful Waters

In the original Hebrew, “still waters” (Hebrew mayim she’elim) refers to calm, life-giving streams, in contrast to turbulent rivers. In ancient Israel, still waters were rare and precious, and sheep could safely approach them www.pinnaclemessage.com. Ps. 23:2-3

Mary, Mother of Sorrows

This was a special request from a customer to paint the Sorrowful Mother from a small public domain image. Traditionally, the Church contemplates Seven Sorrows that would, according to the prophet Simeon, pierce her heart. Luke 2:35 1 – The prophecy of Simeon 2 – The flight into Egypt 3 – The losing of the […]

Notecards

From time to time, I make a few paintings into notecards and Christmas cards. These are for sale on www.etsy.com/shop/Paintgrace, or, if interested, you can contact me at [email protected].

Holy Mary #3

I have painted numerous versions of the Mother of Jesus and have used almost all titles I can think of! So, I already named two others “Holy Mary”, and for lack of any more brain cells, this painting is #3 of the same name.

Lines of Text

What pulled me in the direction of this image were the line designs all pointing to the girl reading a book. Maybe it’s also a bit of nostalgia for paper over screens.