George MacDonald
2012
A Residue of Life They Cannot Kill
9×12″ watercolor on paper September 3, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Afterwards I learned, that the best way to manage some kinds of pain fill thoughts, is to dare them to do their worst; to let them lie and gnaw at your heart till they are tired; […]
2012
Her Torment is that She Is What She Is
11×14″ watercolor on paper September 9, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald: “You cannot go near her,” she said. “She is far away from us, afar in the hell of her self-consciousness. The central fire of the universe is radiating into her the knowledge of good […]
2012
The Country Whence the Shadows Fall
11×14″ watercolor on paper September 7, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Golden Key by George MacDonald: They knew that they were going up to the country whence the shadows fall. And by this time I think they must have got there.
2012
Thou Hast Set the World Within My Heart
11×14″ watercolor on paper September 9, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following stanza from “I Know What Beauty Is” by George MacDonald: I know what beauty is, for Thou Hast set the world within my heart; Its glory from me will not part; I never loved it more than now.
2012
Through Mist and Dark My Soul Draws Nigh To Thee
7×9″ pen and watercolor on paper September 28, 2012 Buy prints Inspired the following passage from Within and Without by George MacDonald: I thank thee for the sorrow and the care, Through which they gleamed, bright phosporescent sparks Crushed from the troubled waters, borne on which Through mist and dark my soul draws nigh to […]