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She Teaches Me to Be a Brave Man in the Dark, and I Look After Her Until She Can Bear the Heat of the Sun
8×10″ pen and chalk pastels on paper February 23, 2013 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s “Day Boy and Night Girl”: ‘If ever two people couldn’t do the one without the other, those two are Nycteris and I. … Continue reading
The Heart of the Laugh Was Love
7×9″ pen and pastel on paper October 6, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s The Princess and Curdie: And her laugh was sweeter than song and wheel Sweeter than running brook and silver bell; Sweeter than joy … Continue reading
The Princess and the Primrose
9×12″ watercolor on paper September 26, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Princess and the Goblin: And now, in the lovely spring weather, Irene was out on the mountain the greater part of the day. In the … Continue reading
The Low Dirge That Ever Rose and Died
8×10″ pen on paper September 26, 2012 Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s “A Story of the Sea Shore”: “Such frenzy slow invaded the poor girl. Not hers the hovering sense of marriage bells Tuning the air with … Continue reading
For Though He Slay Me, I Will Trust In God
8×10″ pen and colored pencil on paper June 2, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s “Story of a Sea Shore”: Dome up, O heaven, yet higher o’er my head! Back, back, horizon; widen out my … Continue reading