George MacDonald

Purged with Sorrow

8×10″ pen and watercolor on recycled paper August 24, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following section of “A Broken Prayer” in A Threefold Cord by George MacDonald: Lord, clothe me with thy truth as with a robe; Purge me with sorrow; I will bend my head And let the nations of thy waves pass […]

Wrapped In Nothing Less Ethereal Than Slumber Itself

9×12″ oil on paper August 26, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Light Princess by George MacDonald: One fine summer day, a month after these her first adventures, during which time she had been very carefully watched, the princess was lying on the bed in the queen’s own chamber, fast asleep. […]

She Saw With Eyes Made for Seeing

She Saw With Eyes Made for Seeing

9×12″ oil on paper August 30, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by a fairy tale by George MacDonald, in which the female character, Nycteris, unknowingly grows up in a dark cavern, never seeing light beyond a dim globe-shaped lamp. At this point in the story, at the age of 16, she accidentally ventures beyond the cave, […]

He Fought the Wind, Clomb the Waves, and Went on Towards the Rainbow

He Fought the Wind, Clomb the Waves, and Went on Towards the Rainbow

8×10 oil on canvas August 30, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Golden Key by George MacDonald: They stood on the level of the raging sea, looking towards the east. Across the waste of waters, against the bosom of a fierce black cloud, stood the foot of a rainbow, glowing in […]

The Trees Grew Larger, and the Wind Fuller of Messages

The Trees Grew Larger, and the Wind Fuller of Messages

16×16″ oil on canvas August 30, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald: The grass grew sweeter and its flowers more lovely and various as we went; the trees grew larger, and the wind fuller of messages.