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.
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board This work was initially approved for the illustratedSilmarillion, but withdrawn due to legal concerns about the nudity. It was acknowledged that it was discreetly depicted, and was not meant as artistic censure.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the new illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 2004.
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