“A Canticle for Elessar“
Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.
Artist Commentary: I spent Saturday morning along the Celebrant, hiking the forests that flank the river as it courses from Kheled-zâram. The early dawn was mist-filled, but shafts of sunlight winked in and out of the woodlands, spangling with gold and vermillion the leaf-strewn forest floor.
In-mid morning I approached the boundaries of fair Caras Galadhon, and there descried a glade within which grew a beautiful but ancient oak tree. Its crimson and cadmium leaves were oddly somber in the quiet of the dayspring. But beneath the tree sat a beautiful woman in silver, cradling in her arms a
bouquet of Easter lillies, and high above her, among the branches, a golden eagle perched, vigilant, as if guarding her during her meditations.
I knew not why, but I felt I could not trespass on her solitude, so I turned to go. But just then, through some trick of the sunlight and the mist, it seemed to me that I descried a tall man standing behind the woman, his hands resting upon her shoulders. Great and fell he appeared in gilded armour, yet his healing hands were gentle and comforting. I knew not whence came this spirit, but I perceived that the communion of these two souls was sacred, so I left the glade in silence.
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1 comment
Becky
March 14, 2014 at 4:45 am (UTC 4) Link to this comment
Jef, this is incredibly lovely! So sorry that I didn’t see this before!
Everything about this work is exceptional; from composition to balance to coloration. Nice to see you reaching out passed your own set parameters. I look forward to more like this. 😀
Becky