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.

Purged with Sorrow

8×10″ pen and watercolor on recycled paper August 24, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following section of “A Broken Prayer” in A Threefold Cord by George MacDonald: Lord, clothe me with thy truth as with a robe; Purge me … Continue reading

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Wrapped In Nothing Less Ethereal Than Slumber Itself

9×12″ oil on paper August 26, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Light Princess by George MacDonald: One fine summer day, a month after these her first adventures, during which time she had been very carefully … Continue reading

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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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