phantastes
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
Shadow of Me
11×14″ watercolor on paper September 8, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Phantastes: “Shadow of me!” I said, “which art not me, but which representest thyself to me as me; here I may find a shadow of light which will devour thee, the shadow of darkness! Here I may find a blessing […]
2013
Hope Beat Violently in My Heart
11×14″ oil on canvas September 7, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by a passage in Phantastes by George MacDonald, from which the title takes its name.
2013
May the World be Brighter
9×12″ pastels and marker on paper December 2, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: I have a strange feeling sometimes, that I am a ghost, sent into the world to minister to my fellowmen, or, to repair wrongs I have already done. May the world be brighter for […]