Category Archives: George MacDonald

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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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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