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2012
The Voice of the North Wind
9×12″ watercolor on paper August 1, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald: All the winds of heaven seemed to lay hold upon him, and buffet him hither and thither…. Her voice was like the bass of a deep organ, without the groan […]
2012
So Lies My Journey — On Into the Dark
18×24″ oil on canvas July 4, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Within and Without by George MacDonald: So lies my journey — on into the dark! Without my will I find myself alive, And must go forward…. But what I be, fifty summers hence? My life, my being, all that meaneth […]
2012
Take Me Like a Child
16×20″ oil on canvas July 8, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by “A Broken Prayer” from A Threefold Cord by George MacDonald, specifically the following passage: Oh, take me like a child, If thou hast made me for thyself, my God, And lead me up thy hills. I shall not fear, So thou wilt make me […]
2012
Lona
14×17″ mixed media on paper June 8, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald: In Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood…. She drew my heart by what in me was likest herself, and I loved her as one […]
2012
There is No Cheating in Nature, A Truth Must Be Involved
9×12″ watercolor on paper September 8, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: For there is no cheating in nature and the simple unsought feelings of the soul. There must be a truth involved in it, though we may but in part lay hold of the meaning.