George MacDonald
2012
The Other Is Able to Fulfill It
11×14″ oil on canvas July 17, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald. They are the words of Hope to Vane: When a man dreams his own dream, He is the sport of his dream; When Another gives it him, That Other is able to fulfil it.
2012
The Beauty of the Shadows Ceased to Delight Them
9×12″ charcoal and pastels on paper July 18, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Golden Key by George MacDonald: As evening drew on, the shadows fell deeper and rose higher. At length they reached a place where they rose above their heads, and made all dark around them. Then they took […]
2012
God, Not Gift
11×14″ oil on canvas July 18, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following poem, “God, Not Gift,” by George MacDonald: Gray clouds my heaven have covered o’er; My sea ebbs fast, no more to flow; Ghastly and dry, my desert shore Parched, bare, unsightly things doth show. ’Tis thou, Lord, cloudest up my sky; Stillest […]
2012
Heart of Mine! Some Great Vision Upward Rises
8×10″ pastels on paper December 26, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: 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 […]
2012
Oh Lift the Burdened Gloom that Chokes My Soul
9×12″ watercolor on paper July 19, 2012 Buy original Buy prints This one comes from two passages and one scripture: And here I lay, the child of changeful Time Shut in the weary, changeless Evermore, A dull, eternal, fadeless clime!… “Alas,” I cried, “I am no living man! Better were darkness and the leave to […]