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2012
Sweeper of the Floor
18×18″ oil on canvas July 30, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following poem, “Sweeper of the Floor”, by George MacDonald: Methought that in a solemn church I stood. Its marble acres, worn with knees and feet, Lay spread from door to door, from street to street. Midway the form hung high upon […]
2012
I Am A Child Lost in a Mighty Forest
16×16″ oil on canvas August 2, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following section of “A Broken Prayer” from A Threefold Cord by George MacDonald: O wilt thou hear me when I cry to thee? I am a child lost in a mighty forest; The air is thick with voices, and strange hands […]
2012
She Fell Asleep a Girl, and Awoke a Woman
9×12″ pastels on paper August 3, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith: She fell asleep a girl; she awoke a woman, ripe with the loveliness of the life essential. I folded her in my arms, and knew that I lived indeed.
2012
Purged with Sorrow
8×10″ pen and watercolor on recycled paper August 24, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following section of “A Broken Prayer” in A Threefold Cord by George MacDonald: Lord, clothe me with thy truth as with a robe; Purge me with sorrow; I will bend my head And let the nations of thy waves pass […]
2012
Wrapped In Nothing Less Ethereal Than Slumber Itself
9×12″ oil on paper August 26, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Light Princess by George MacDonald: One fine summer day, a month after these her first adventures, during which time she had been very carefully watched, the princess was lying on the bed in the queen’s own chamber, fast asleep. […]