2013 January

Trust the Oak

Trust the Oak

9×12″ watercolor on paper September 15, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: “Trust the Oak,” said she; “trust the Oak, and the Elm, and the great Beech. Take care of the Birch, for though she is honest, she is too young not to be changeable.”

I am a Hapless Boy!

I Am a Hapless Boy

9×12″ watercolor on paper July 2, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Disciple by George MacDonald: I do not care for singing psalms; I tire of good men’s talk; To me there is no joy in palms, Or white-robed, solemn walk. I love to hear the wild winds meet, […]

A Sigh Too Much, Or a Kiss Too Long

A Sigh Too Much, Or a Kiss Too Long

9×12″ watercolor on paper July 3, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Alas, how easily things go wrong! A sigh too much, or a kiss too long, And there follows a mist and a weeping rain, And life is never the same again.

I Stood in Joy, and Yet in Shame

I Stood in Joy, and Yet in Shame

11×14″ oil on canvas July 7, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following stanzas from A Book of Dreams by George MacDonald: I lay and dreamed. The Master came In His old woven dress; I stood in joy, and yet in shame, Oppressed with earthliness. He stretched His arms, and gently sought To […]

Her Heart Was So Full of Merriment

8×10″ marker on paper July 7, 2012 Buy original Buy print Inspired by the following passage from At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald: For the baby was in the mother’s arms; and the drizzling rain, and the dreary mews, and even her father’s troubled face could not touch her. What cared […]