George MacDonald
2013
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, […]
2013
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.
2013
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 […]
2013
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 […]
2013
Blow, Breath of Heaven
9×12″ watercolor on paper July 9, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from the poem “Who Would Have Thought” by George MacDonald: Blow, breath of heaven, on all this poison blow! And, heart, glow upward to this gracious breath! Between them, vanish, mist of sin and death, And let the life […]