9×12″ oil paint on paper
September 1, 2012
Inspired by the following line from Lilith by George MacDonald:
The only way to know where you are is to begin to make yourself at home.
Whereness
The Shadow of Fear
8×10″ colored pencil and pen on paper
June 11, 2012
Inspired by the following passage from A Story of the Sea Shore by George MacDonald:
Time passed. The shadow of a fear that hung
Far off upon the horizon of her soul,
Drew near with deepening gloom and clearing form,
Till it o’erspread and filled her atmosphere,
And lost all shape, because it filled all space,
Reaching beyond the bounds of consciousness…
Although She Loves No Man, She Loves the Love of Any Man
9×12″ watercolor on paper
July 3, 2012
Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald:
“But tell me how it is that she could be so beautiful without any heart at all—without any place even for a heart to live in.”
“I cannot quite tell,” she said; ” but I am sure she would not look so beautiful if she did not take means to make herself look more beautiful than she is. And then, you know, you began by being in love with her before you saw her beauty, mistaking her for the lady of the marble —- another kind altogether, I should think. But the chief thing that makes her beautiful is this: that, although she loves no man, she loves the love of any man; and when she finds one in her power, her desire to bewitch him and gain his love, (not for the sake of his love either, but that she may be conscious anew of her own beauty, through the admiration he manifests) makes her very lovely—-with a self-destructive beauty, though; for it is that which is constantly wearing her away within, till, at last, the decay will reach her face, and her whole front, when all the lovely mask of nothing will fall to pieces, and she be vanished for ever.”
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Silence Took Me Like Sound
9×12″ oil paint on paper
September 1, 2012
Inspired by the following lines from Within and Without by George MacDonald:
Silence took me like sound:
I had not listened in the excess of joy.
To Them That Mourn
8×10″ pastels on paper
June 2, 2012
Inspired by the following lines from A Story of the Sea Shore by George MacDonald:
To them that mourn:
Let your tears flow;
Let your sad sighs have scope;
Only take heed they fan,
They water Hope.