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2013
The Low Dirge That Ever Rose and Died
8×10″ pen on paper September 26, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s “A Story of the Sea Shore”: “Such frenzy slow invaded the poor girl. Not hers the hovering sense of marriage bells Tuning the air with fragrance of sweet sound; But the low dirge that ever rose and died, Recurring without […]
2013
Friendship in the Woods To Win
8×10″ oil painting on canvas paper September 12, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s poem “The Dweller’s Therein”: Down a warm alley, early in the year, Among the woods, with all the sunshine in And all the winds outside it, I begin To think that something gracious will appear, If anything of […]
2013
Shadow of Me
11×14″ watercolor on paper September 8, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Phantastes: “Shadow of me!” I said, “which art not me, but which representest thyself to me as me; here I may find a shadow of light which will devour thee, the shadow of darkness! Here I may find a blessing […]
2013
Like a Book Which a Boy Reads By Stealth
7×9″ pen on paper August 23, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Thomas Wingfold, Curate: “He was still studying her like a book which a boy reads by stealth….”
2013
A Heart Bereft
9×12″ watercolor on paper July 28, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s “The Old Garden,” from “A Threefold Cord”: Her look is hopeless yet eager, The look of a heart bereft.