Monthly Archives: December 2012

The Library and the Glow of the Burning Spirit Within

14×17″ pastels on paper July 16, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Over some parts of the library, descended curtains of silk of various dyes, none of which I ever saw lifted while … Continue reading

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God Sleeps Not When He Makes His Daughters Dream

15×17″ oil on canvas July 17, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from A Story of the Sea Shore by George MacDonald: God sleeps not when he makes His daughters dream. Shall not the morrow dawn at last … Continue reading

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The Other Is Able to Fulfill It

11×14″ oil on canvas July 17, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald. They are the words of Hope to Vane: When a man dreams his own dream, He is the sport … Continue reading

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The Beauty of the Shadows Ceased to Delight Them

9×12″ charcoal and pastels on paper July 18, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Golden Key by George MacDonald: As evening drew on, the shadows fell deeper and rose higher. At length they reached a place … Continue reading

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God, Not Gift

11×14″ oil on canvas July 18, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following poem, “God, Not Gift,” by George MacDonald: Gray clouds my heaven have covered o’er; My sea ebbs fast, no more to flow; Ghastly and dry, my desert … Continue reading

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