2012 December

There are the Trees.... They're Always Listening

There are the Trees … They’re Always Listening

9×12″ watercolor on paper December 28, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis: “Why, who are you afraid of?” said Peter. “There’s no one but ourselves here.” “There are the trees,” said the Beaver. “They’re always listening. Most of them […]

Why Are All Reflections Lovlier

Why Are All Reflections Lovelier?

9×12″ pen and watercolor on paper July 13, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Why are all reflections lovelier than what we call the reality? — not so grand or so strong, it may be, but always lovelier?

Hark! I Hear the Sun

Hark! I Hear the Sun!

16×20″ oil on canvas July 14, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald: “Hark! I hear the sun,” said Adam. I listened: he was coming with the rush as of a thousand times ten thousand far-off wings, with the roar of a molten and flaming world millions […]

Capacity for Simple Happiness

Capacity for Simple Happiness

9×12″ watercolor on paper July 15, 2012 Buy original Buy print Inspired the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: I had never imagined that such capacity for simple happiness lay in me, as was now awakened by this assembly of forms and spiritual sensations, which yet were far too vague to admit of being […]

I Always Chose the Path Downwards

I Chose the Path Which Seemed to Lead Downwards

9×12″ watercolor on paper July 15, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Whenever a choice was necessary, I always chose the path which seemed to lead downwards.