2012 December
2012
Only Because Uplifted in Song
9×12″ oil on paper July 15, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Only because uplifted in song, was I able to endure the blaze of the dawn.
2012
My Globe, You’ve Broken My Globe
9×12″ oil on paper July 15, 2012 Buy original Buy prints The story that inspired this painting is from George MacDonald’s Phantastes. I would love to do a series of paintings on it, and this one only captures a portion of its spiritual magnitude. It has had a deep impact on my person and life: […]
2012
An Indescribably Longing for Something
11×14″ oil on canvas July 15, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: The sign or cause of coming death is an indescribable longing for something, they know not what, which seizes them, and drives them into solitude, consuming them within, till the body fails. When a youth and […]
2012
Care of the Earth
8×10″ pastels on paper December 27, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage by Wendell Berry: The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility.
2012
Lover of the Light
9×12″ chalk pastels on paper December 26, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by a day spent in the woods with my daughters.