Category: J. R. R. Tolkien

This section contains the largest collection of images: examples of my work from the 1970’s to the present inspired chiefly by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, but also The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

Gollum’s Debate

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar, published by Grafton Books. (It was the painting for September.)

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Shelob

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1987 Tolkien Calendar, published by Unwin Paperbacks. (It was the painting for November.)

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Sam Enters Mordor Alone

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for May, and also featured on the cover.)

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Pursuit in Rohan

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for July.) Also appeared on an 8″ collector plate made in Wedgwood English fine bone china by Danbury Mint.

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Beren’s Leap

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Varda and Manwë in Valinor

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Yavanna’s Mighty Trees

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The Oath of Fëanor

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Turgon Receives Tuor and Voronwë

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Túrin Discovers Nienor at Mound of Finduilas

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