pastels
2013
That Thou Dost Know the Darkness, Proves the Light
8×10″ pastels on paper February 2, 2013 Inspired by the following passage from Within and Without by George MacDonald: And should the twilight darken into night, And sorrow grow to anguish, be thou strong; Thou art in God, and nothing can go wrong Which a fresh life-pulse cannot set aright. That thou dost know the […]
2013
The Dawning Hope, the Shared Quest
8×10″ pen and pastels on paper March 3, 2013 Inspired by the following passage from the poem “The Hills” by George MacDonald: And in my wanderings I did meet Another searching too: The dawning hope, the shared quest Our thoughts together drew; Fearless she laid her hand in mine Because her heart was true.
2013
Chi-Rho
8×10 pastels on paper January 17, 2013 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 a way to produce the monogram. Although not technically […]
2013
Courage is Every Virtue at its Testing Point
7×9″ pastels on paper October 11, 2012 Inspired by the following passage in C. S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters: Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.
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.”