Pink Peonies (Final)

By Maresa Lilley, SND
| May 17, 2013

11×14″ oil on canvas panel; contact the artist for purchase information.

Peonies are now just opening all over our part of Ohio, thanks to the busy ants that help bite the buds to free them. OK, I am not always happy with my painting outcomes, and this one has escaped my sense of approval, but every painting session is an instruction…what to do and what not to do!

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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.