Peony Swirl

By Maresa Lilley, SND
| August 17, 2012

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

A tiny ant had to eat away the live, green casing on a bud to release the marvel of the billowy peony–nature’s inter-dependence at its best. How impoverished our Mays would be without the full-skirted, fragrant peony.

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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.