pastels

The Trees Were All Waiting For Him

The Trees Were All Waiting For Him

9×12″ pastels on paper July 20, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Golden Key by George MacDonald: The forest lay to the east, and the sun, which was setting behind the cottage, looked straight into the dark wood with his level red eye. The trees were all old, and had few […]

She Fell Asleep a Girl, Awoke a Woman

She Fell Asleep a Girl, and Awoke a Woman

9×12″ pastels on paper August 3, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith: She fell asleep a girl; she awoke a woman, ripe with the loveliness of the life essential. I folded her in my arms, and knew that I lived indeed.

Rest

Rest

8 1/2 x 11″ pastels on recycled paper June 20, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following stanza from “Rest” by George MacDonald: There is a dearer, warmer bed, Where one all day may lie, Earth’s bosom pillowing the head, And let the world go by.

girl in grassy field

The Love of Place

8 1/2×11″ oil pastels on paper August 18, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald: So strong in them was the love of place that their country seemed essential to their very being!

I Know the Rapture Music Brings

I Know the Rapture Music Brings

8×10″ pastels on recycled paper June 22, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the poem “I Know What Beauty Is” by George MacDonald, specifically the following stanza: I know the rapture music brings, The power that dwells in ordered tones, A living voice that loves and moans, And speaks unutterable things.