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.

Maglor Casts a Silmaril into the Sea

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared on the cover of the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, and in The Silmarillion Poster Collection, published by HarperCollins in 1998. Also appeared in the 2000 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for May.) Used on the cover of several editions of The Silmarillion.

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The Slaying of Glaurung

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 2000 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for December, and was featured on the cover.)

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Eärendil Searches Tirion

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 2000 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the centerfold painting.) Used on the cover of some editions of The Silmarillion.

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Lúthien Escapes the Treehouse

Media: Gouache on illustration board Dimensions: 23¾ in × 22¾ in First appeared in the 2000 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for November.)

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The Incoming Sea at the Rainbow Cleft

Media: Gouache on illustration board (This is a scene from Tolkien’sUnfinished Tales.) First appeared in the 2000 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for October.)

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Fingon and Gothmog

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 2000 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for June.)

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Tuor, Gelmir, and Arminas

Media: Gouache on illustration board (This is a scene from Tolkien’sUnfinished Tales.) First appeared in the 2000 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for March.)

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Beleg is Slain

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 2000 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for January.)

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Túrin Bears Gwindor to Safety

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004.

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Tuor and Voronwë See Túrin at the Pool of Ivrin

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004.

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