2012 December

Only Because Uplifted in Song

Only Because Uplifted in Song

9×12″ oil on paper July 15, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Only because uplifted in song, was I able to endure the blaze of the dawn.

My Globe, You've Broken My Globe

My Globe, You’ve Broken My Globe

9×12″ oil on paper July 15, 2012 Buy original Buy prints The story that inspired this painting is from George MacDonald’s Phantastes. I would love to do a series of paintings on it, and this one only captures a portion of its spiritual magnitude. It has had a deep impact on my person and life: […]

An Indescribable Longing for Something

An Indescribably Longing for Something

11×14″ oil on canvas July 15, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: The sign or cause of coming death is an indescribable longing for something, they know not what, which seizes them, and drives them into solitude, consuming them within, till the body fails. When a youth and […]

Care of Earth

Care of the Earth

8×10″ pastels on paper December 27, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage by Wendell Berry: The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility.

Lover of the Light

9×12″ chalk pastels on paper December 26, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by a day spent in the woods with my daughters.