George MacDonald
2012
Anxiety and Fear
14×17″ markers on paper July 25, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Soon a vague sense of discomfort possessed me. With variations of relief, this gradually increased; as if some evil thing were wandering about in my neighbourhood, sometimes nearer and sometimes further off, but still […]
2012
A Blessing Like the Kiss of a Mother
9×12″ watercolor on paper July 29, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: I stood one moment and gazed into the heaving abyss beneath me; then plunged headlong into the mounting wave below. A blessing, like the kiss of a mother, seemed to alight on my soul; a calm, […]
2012
Sweeper of the Floor
18×18″ oil on canvas July 30, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following poem, “Sweeper of the Floor”, by George MacDonald: Methought that in a solemn church I stood. Its marble acres, worn with knees and feet, Lay spread from door to door, from street to street. Midway the form hung high upon […]
2012
I Am A Child Lost in a Mighty Forest
16×16″ oil on canvas August 2, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following section of “A Broken Prayer” from A Threefold Cord by George MacDonald: O wilt thou hear me when I cry to thee? I am a child lost in a mighty forest; The air is thick with voices, and strange hands […]
2012
She Fell Asleep a Girl, and Awoke a Woman
9×12″ pastels on paper August 3, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith: She fell asleep a girl; she awoke a woman, ripe with the loveliness of the life essential. I folded her in my arms, and knew that I lived indeed.