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2013
Faith is the Trying of the Thing That You Do Not See
11×14″ oil on canvas panel November 3, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Unspoken Sermons: Faith is the trying of the thing that you do not see, and that you cannot be sure about, a thing that you do not see and not seeing, you have doubt about, you can yet try–that […]
2013
Heart of Mine! Some Great Vision Upward Rises
8×10″ pastels on paper December 26, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Phantastes: “Lo! fair sweeps, white surges, twining Up and outward fearlessly! Temple columns, close combining, Lift a holy mystery. Heart of mine! what strange surprises Mount aloft on such a stair! Some great vision upward rises, Curving, bending, floating fair.”
2013
Die Into Life
7×9″ pastel on paper October 7, 2012 Inspired by the line from George MacDonald’s Lilith from which this piece takes its title.
2013
The Heart of the Laugh Was Love
7×9″ pen and pastel on paper October 6, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s The Princess and Curdie: And her laugh was sweeter than song and wheel Sweeter than running brook and silver bell; Sweeter than joy itself, For the heart of the laugh was love.
2013
The Princess and the Primrose
9×12″ watercolor on paper September 26, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Princess and the Goblin: And now, in the lovely spring weather, Irene was out on the mountain the greater part of the day. In the warmer hollows there were lovely primroses, and not so many that she ever got tired […]