Blow, Breath of Heaven

Blow, Breath of Heaven

9×12″ watercolor on paper
July 9, 2012

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Inspired by the following passage from the poem “Who Would Have Thought” by George MacDonald:

Blow, breath of heaven, on all this poison blow!
And, heart, glow upward to this gracious breath!
Between them, vanish, mist of sin and death,
And let the life of life within me flow!
Love is the green earth, the celestial air,
And music runs like dews and rivers there!

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Every Tree Seems to Cover Thee

Every Tree Seems to Cover Thee

8×10″ pen on paper
July 10, 2012

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Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald:

Every tree,
O’ershadowing with gloom,
Seems to cover thee
Secret, dark, love-still’d,
In a holy room
Silence-filled.

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There are the Trees … They’re Always Listening

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9×12″ watercolor on paper
December 28, 2012

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Inspired by the following passage from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis:

“Why, who are you afraid of?” said Peter. “There’s no one but ourselves here.”

“There are the trees,” said the Beaver. “They’re always listening. Most of them are on our side, but there are trees that would betray us to her; you know who I mean,” and it nodded its head several times.

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Why Are All Reflections Lovelier?

Why Are All Reflections Lovlier

9×12″ pen and watercolor on paper
July 13, 2012

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Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald:

Why are all reflections lovelier than what we call the reality? — not so grand or so strong, it may be, but always lovelier?

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Hark! I Hear the Sun!

Hark! I Hear the Sun

16×20″ oil on canvas
July 14, 2012

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Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald:

“Hark! I hear the sun,” said Adam.

I listened: he was coming with the rush as of a thousand times ten thousand far-off wings, with the roar of a molten and flaming world millions upon millions of miles away. His approach was a crescendo chord of a hundred harmonies.

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