Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 1998.
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.
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Eöl Welcomes Aredhel
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 1998.
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Maedhros’s Rescue from Thangorodrim
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 1998.
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The First Dawn of the Sun
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 1998. Used on the cover of some editions of The Silmarillion.
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Fingolfin Leads the Host Across the Helcaraxë
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 1998.
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The Light of Valinor on the Western Sea (1998)
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 1998.
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At Lake Cuiviénen
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 1998. Also appeared in the 2000 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for August.) Used on the cover of some editions of The Silmarillion.
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Illuin: Lamp of the Valar
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, and The Silmarillion Poster Collection, published by HarperCollins in 1998. Also used as the cover for some editions of The Silmarillion. Illuin: Lamp of the Valar is an attempt to portray one of the more beautiful images Tolkien describes in his intriguing accounts of Middle-earth’s …
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The Sea
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 1998.
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Beren and Lúthien are Flown to Safety
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, and The Silmarillion Poster Collection, published by HarperCollins in 1998. Also appeared in the 2000 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for April.) Used as the cover for some editions of The Silmarillion.
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