Tag Archive: Jef Murray

Nov 02

The House of Beorn

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“The House of Beorn”
Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.

Artist Commentary:I spent Saturday east of Anduin, beneath the eaves of Greenwood the Great. I came upon a thorny hedge and knew it for the bounds of Beorn’s realm. And as I passed through the wooden gate, I noticed stormy skies in the west, and calamitous clouds rising. Quickly, with golden afternoon light leaping across the lawn, I primed my palette and, heavens heaving above me, sketched the skin-changer’s home in cadmiums and cobalt.

As I painted, I was startled by the sight of a tall old man and a halfling coming through the gate; they gave me greetings and passed me by, proceeding along the lane and through the ripening corn. The Mage pointed out the distant hall to the pensive Hobbit, then they both vanished among the billowing gilded tassles.

13″x21″ wide signed and numbered prints – AVAILABLE! Please click here.

13″x21″ original oil painting – $1800.00 US plus shipping.

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Nov 02

Glorfindel

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“Glorfindel”
Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.

Artist Commentary:I spent an unsettled Saturday traveling the Great East Road, among the wild and tangled woods that climb ever upward toward the Misty Mountains. Halting Brego in the Trollshaws, many leagues west of Bruinen, I spied a prospect opening upon the northern marches; here I beheld a glimmering lake on which played sunbeams that smote the moody scape. And while clouds churned and thunders threatened, I hastened to set up my easel and sketch the scene.

But just as storms most threatened, I perceived a light in the west and heard the thunder of horse’s hooves upon the road. I sought shelter, but none was to be had. Yet, just as I feared the worst, one of the Fair Folk galloped into view on a great white steed. Tall, he was, yet fell, with power in his hand, and he merely nodded as he fled yet eastward on some grave errand. But in his passing, the gloom was vanquished. Golden light poured upon the road and pursued him; and in his wake I perceived a chiming of bells and a quickening of the air, as if all of these wild realms had been cleansed by his passing.

13″x21″ wide signed and numbered prints – AVAILABLE! Please click here.

13″x21″ original oil painting – $1800.00 US plus shipping.

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Nov 02

Reciting the Signs

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Reciting the Signs”
Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.

Artist Commentary: Saturday morning I awoke to find the walls of my bedroom vanished, replaced with roseate clouds and golden gossamer summer breezes. I sat up, flung away sheets and stepped into a crystalline dawn. Strolling through lush woodlands, I soon found myself at the brink of cliffs that felt as though they stood on the edge of forever. I breathed amethyst air, and in time a maiden and a lion came to the cliff’s edge. But I felt fearful that my presence might disturb them, so I turned and strode away, intent on exploring the glorious land that lay to the East….

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13″x21″ original oil painting – $1200.00 US plus shipping.

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Nov 02

On Woodland Trails

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“On Woodland Trails”
Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.

Artist Commentary:I spent Saturday in the Green Hill Country, near Wood Hall. Day dawned drab and dull, with high clouds and mists abounding. But skies soon brightened, and I hiked the hills and pitched my palette at forest’s edge. At teatime, I heard voices, and was joined on the ridge by a halfling and one of the Big Folk. They tarried, and the doughty doyen perched on the trunk of a felled oak tree and blew smoke rings across the wooded valley below us. After an hour, the companions continued on their way, fading off into the folds of the hazy afternoon hills while I my pigments plied.

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13″x21″ original oil painting – $1400.00 US plus shipping.

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Nov 02

The Escape

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Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.

Artist Commentary: I spent Saturday night north of the Great River. I camped the cliffs over-towering the river mouth and the crystalline palace by the sea. Near midnight, I awoke to a spectacle of silver: the full moon sailed the celestial veil, while tides of fog arose from eastern seas. I set up my easel, but soon saw, rising from the silence of the castle, an enormous owl. It swept silently past my outpost, and on its back I descried a young girl with cloak billowing in the chill night air; the fleet companions swiftly vanished into the murk of the inland woods.

13″x21″ wide signed and numbered prints – AVAILABLE! Please click here.

13″x21″ original oil painting – $1800.00 US plus shipping.

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