Spring Awakes

By Maresa Lilley, SND
| August 22, 2012

8×10″ oil on canvas panel; click on painting for purchase information.

Spring’s first green awakens in the marsh. I took a photo on an overcast day in March many years ago, and recently I decided to paint it’s simplicity. It is moody and muted, but the greening promises hope and new life after the long sleeps of winter.

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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.