Preeminent Peony

By Maresa Lilley, SND
| July 22, 2013

This billowy head bent my way among the last of May’s peonies this year. While it is complex in multi-petaled layers, I tried to see it in the most simple masses before working toward just enough and no more detail.

8×8″ oil paint on canvas panel; contact the artist for purchase information.

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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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