Longing for Another World, Original Drawing
Inspired by the longing of the human soul for beauty, peace and love, this drawing evokes both mystery and serenity through the portrait of a woman in a Victorian dress surrounded by gothic motifs. C.S. Lewis writes of the world sehnsucht (German) as the sense of deep, inconsolable longing, yearning, the feeling of intensely missing something we don’t know specifically. "Joy is distinct not only from pleasure in general but even from aesthetic pleasure. It must have the stab, the pang, the inconsolable longing." - Lewis in Surprised by Joy. This drawing, made with graphite and ink markers, measures 18” x18,” is sprayed with fixative to prevent smudging, and is signed and shipped by the artist.
Inspired by the longing of the human soul for beauty, peace and love, this drawing evokes both mystery and serenity through the portrait of a woman in a Victorian dress surrounded by gothic motifs. C.S. Lewis writes of the world sehnsucht (German) as the sense of deep, inconsolable longing, yearning, the feeling of intensely missing something we don’t know specifically. "Joy is distinct not only from pleasure in general but even from aesthetic pleasure. It must have the stab, the pang, the inconsolable longing." - Lewis in Surprised by Joy. This drawing, made with graphite and ink markers, measures 18” x18,” is sprayed with fixative to prevent smudging, and is signed and shipped by the artist.
Inspired by the longing of the human soul for beauty, peace and love, this drawing evokes both mystery and serenity through the portrait of a woman in a Victorian dress surrounded by gothic motifs. C.S. Lewis writes of the world sehnsucht (German) as the sense of deep, inconsolable longing, yearning, the feeling of intensely missing something we don’t know specifically. "Joy is distinct not only from pleasure in general but even from aesthetic pleasure. It must have the stab, the pang, the inconsolable longing." - Lewis in Surprised by Joy. This drawing, made with graphite and ink markers, measures 18” x18,” is sprayed with fixative to prevent smudging, and is signed and shipped by the artist.