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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
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
So Lies My Journey — On Into the Dark
18×24″ oil on canvas July 4, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Within and Without by George MacDonald: So lies my journey — on into the dark! Without my will I find myself alive, And must go … Continue reading
Take Me Like a Child
16×20″ oil on canvas July 8, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by “A Broken Prayer” from A Threefold Cord by George MacDonald, specifically the following passage: Oh, take me like a child, If thou hast made me for thyself, my God, … Continue reading