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.

Anxiety and Fear

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Christi

14×17″ markers on paper July 25, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Soon a vague sense of discomfort possessed me. With variations of relief, this gradually increased; as if some evil … Continue reading →

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A Blessing Like the Kiss of a Mother

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Christi

9×12″ watercolor on paper July 29, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: I stood one moment and gazed into the heaving abyss beneath me; then plunged headlong into the mounting wave below. A … Continue reading →

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Sweeper of the Floor

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Christi

18×18″ oil on canvas July 30, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following poem, “Sweeper of the Floor”, by George MacDonald: Methought that in a solemn church I stood. Its marble acres, worn with knees and feet, Lay … Continue reading →

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I Am A Child Lost in a Mighty Forest

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Christi

16×16″ oil on canvas August 2, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following section of “A Broken Prayer” from A Threefold Cord by George MacDonald: O wilt thou hear me when I cry to thee? I am a … Continue reading →

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She Fell Asleep a Girl, and Awoke a Woman

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Christi

9×12″ pastels on paper August 3, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith: She fell asleep a girl; she awoke a woman, ripe with the loveliness of the life essential. I folded her in my arms, and … Continue reading →

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