Category Archives: George MacDonald
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
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
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
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
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