Author Archives: Christi

About Christi

I am a single mother with two young daughters who are the world to me. I am a philosophy professor, especially fond of Kierkegaard and Augustine. Presently, I teach as an adjunct at a plethora of colleges in the Houston area, trying to make ends meet. Creating art brings me immense joy, but only recently have I begun to venture into the arena of making my creations a consumer commodity. I'd rather my work be created as a good in itself, and given to those I love. But necessity breeds invention, they say, and human beings have to eat.

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 … Continue reading

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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.

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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.

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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