Monthly Archives: December 2012

She Saw With Eyes Made for Seeing

9×12″ oil on paper August 30, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by a fairy tale by George MacDonald, in which the female character, Nycteris, unknowingly grows up in a dark cavern, never seeing light beyond a dim globe-shaped lamp. At this … Continue reading

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He Fought the Wind, Clomb the Waves, and Went on Towards the Rainbow

8×10 oil on canvas August 30, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Golden Key by George MacDonald: They stood on the level of the raging sea, looking towards the east. Across the waste of waters, against … Continue reading

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The Trees Grew Larger, and the Wind Fuller of Messages

16×16″ oil on canvas August 30, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald: The grass grew sweeter and its flowers more lovely and various as we went; the trees grew larger, and the wind … Continue reading

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A Residue of Life They Cannot Kill

9×12″ watercolor on paper September 3, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Afterwards I learned, that the best way to manage some kinds of pain fill thoughts, is to dare them to do … Continue reading

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Her Torment is that She Is What She Is

11×14″ watercolor on paper September 9, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald: “You cannot go near her,” she said. “She is far away from us, afar in the hell of her … Continue reading

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