Lily S. May–Life with Art
In recent months I've been awake in the middle of the night, both afraid and outraged by many of the grave injustices and wars plaguing Canada, where I live, and the world right now. One of the issues that disturbs me greatly is the march toward the destruction of Canada's universal single payer public healthcare… Continue reading Save Public Healthcare
I have loved shells since childhood when I spent time by the ocean in summer. Over the years, I collected shells while walking on beaches, most notably in the Caribbean where my parents lived from the late 1960s to mid 1980s. I still have many of those shells, now resting in glass canisters. In the… Continue reading Shells in Glass
Here are 3 drawings I made recently plus photos I used as references that I took years ago during trips in Ontario. Drawing by Lily S. May 2026 Photo by Lily S. May Drawing by Lily S. May, 2026 Drawing by Lily S. May, 2026 Photo by Lily S. May
Over the past few months I've felt more and more scattered. As a way of helping myself, I decided to draw at some point every day. This has been an enjoyable exercise in seeing and concentrating quietly, as opposed to trying to create exact likenesses of whatever I'm drawing. I began in late November and… Continue reading Three Portraits
I've enjoyed making some line drawing sketches recently. Here's another one from my work room with part of the avenue below. Inside Outside, Line Drawing by Lily S. May, Oct. 2025
Here's a line drawing I recently did of the crowded table in my workroom. I've been doing more writing than visual artwork over the past two years, but am feeling drawn to drawing again (ha). I'm interested in seeing how the drawing and writing will influence one another. On the Table, line drawing by Lily… Continue reading On the Table
Those of you who've read my blog for a while will know that I often do unplanned artwork. That is, I begin working without a particular goal in mind. Instead I see what emerges as I go along. That's what I did with this line drawing that I made over two days this week. Parts… Continue reading Genocide drawing
I'm back again, this time with a poem I've recently written plus a sketch. Here they are: After the FlowerYears agoI named myself after a flowerbut hell on earth now calls forsomething less innocent,so I will call myself clenched teethfollowed by shouts out loud.I'd like to become:she of rock earth and treesshe protector of birds… Continue reading After the Flower
For the Palestinian People, Drawing by Lily S. May, November 2024
I don't know if you ever wonder what you're doing on earth at this fraught time, but it's something I wonder about. What has come to me is that, for reasons beyond what I can fathom, I'm here to witness what's going on. Over the past few months I've done little new artwork. Seeing images… Continue reading Witness
Arts of May 