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 Dimensions: 47½ cm × 31 cm Limited edition prints are available First appeared in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for February.) Also used on the cover of some editions of The Fellowship of the Ring.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1987 Tolkien Calendar, published by Unwin Paperbacks. (It was the painting for May.)
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1987 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for January.)
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1987 Tolkien Calendar, published by Unwin Paperbacks. (It was the painting for August.)
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1996 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for May.) Also appeared on an 8″ collector plate made in Wedgwood English fine bone china by Danbury Mint.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1996 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for July.) Also used on the cover of The Tolkien Quiz Book by Andrew Murray, published by HarperCollins in 1996.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar, published by Grafton Books. (It was the painting for December, and was featured on the cover.) Also appeared on an 8″ collector plate made in Wedgwood English fine bone china by Danbury Mint.
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar, published by Grafton Books. (It was the painting for August.)
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for January.)
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Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 2002 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for November, and featured on the cover of some editions.)
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