George MacDonald
2013
God Thought About You, And So I Am Here
8×10″ markers on paper February 1, 2013 Inspired by the following passage from the poem “Baby” by George MacDonald: What makes your forehead so smooth and high? A soft hand stroked it as I walked by. What makes your cheek like a warm white rose? I saw something better than anyone knows…. How did they […]
2013
The Look That Woke His Heart, That Smiled Him Into Life
8×10″ watercolor on paper November 12, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Hidden Life: “This man in many a dream, And many a waking moment of keen joy, Blesses you for the look that woke his heart, That smiled him into life, and, still undimmed, Lies lamping in the cabinet of his […]
2013
Faith is the Trying of the Thing That You Do Not See
11×14″ oil on canvas panel November 3, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Unspoken Sermons: Faith is the trying of the thing that you do not see, and that you cannot be sure about, a thing that you do not see and not seeing, you have doubt about, you can yet try–that […]
2013
Heart of Mine! Some Great Vision Upward Rises
8×10″ pastels on paper December 26, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Phantastes: “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 rises, Curving, bending, floating fair.”
2013
Die Into Life
7×9″ pastel on paper October 7, 2012 Inspired by the line from George MacDonald’s Lilith from which this piece takes its title.