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2013
Waking Feelings Such As One Never Had Before
22×28″ oil on canvas February 16, 2013 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Lilith: “The mere words, however, woke in me feelings which to describe was, from their strangeness, impossible. Some dreams, some poems, some musical phrases, some pictures, wake feelings such as one never had before, new in […]
2013
Chi-Rho #2
26×28″ oil on canvas February 15, 2013 Painted to hang in the sanctuary of Heights Church. The Chi Rho is one of the earliest forms of christogram, and is used by some Christians. It is formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters chi and rho (ΧΡ) of the Greek word “ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ” =Christ in such […]
2013
Lucy and Aslan
9 1/2 x 10 1/2″ oil on canvas September 26, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from C. S. Lewis’ Prince Caspian: “Will the others see you too?” asked Lucy. “Certainly not at first,” said Aslan. “Later on, it depends.” “But they won’t believe me!” said Lucy. “It doesn’t matter,” said Aslan.
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
Friendship in the Woods To Win
8×10″ oil painting on canvas paper September 12, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s poem “The Dweller’s Therein”: Down a warm alley, early in the year, Among the woods, with all the sunshine in And all the winds outside it, I begin To think that something gracious will appear, If anything of […]