George MacDonald
2012
The Trees Were All Waiting For Him
9×12″ pastels on paper July 20, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Golden Key by George MacDonald: The forest lay to the east, and the sun, which was setting behind the cottage, looked straight into the dark wood with his level red eye. The trees were all old, and had few […]
2012
Where’er Thou Art, All Things Are Glorified
8×10 oil on canvas July 23, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following section from the poem “Light” by George MacDonald: The trees lean toward thee, and, in loving pain, Keep turning still to see thee yet again; South sides of pines, haunted all day by thee, Bear violins that tremble humanly. And nothing in […]
2012
The Sun, That Had Nursed Them So Long, Grew Weary of Loving
7×9 oil on canvas July 23, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: She watched them dying for many a day, Dropping from off the old trees away, One by one; or else in a shower Crowding over the withered flower For as if they had done some grievous […]
2012
She Looked a Wanderer
9×12″ watercolor on paper July 24, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from “The Homeless Ghost” by George MacDonald: He watched, but saw her speak to none, Saw no one speak to her; Like one decried, she stood alone, From the window did not stir; Her hair by a haunting gust […]
2012
Eye of the Child
9×12″ watercolor on paper July 24, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: But is it not rather that art rescues nature from the weary and sated regards of our senses, and the degrading injustice of our anxious everyday life, and, appealing to the imagination, which dwells apart, reveals […]