Tag Archive: The Hobbit

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.

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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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Oct 29

Out of Imladris

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Out of Imladris”
Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.

Artist Commentary:I awoke Saturday in the crisp predawn hours and at first knew not where I lay. But morning’s chill reminded me; I had vowed to paint the Imladris pass at daybreak, and so had camped in the high places that hem the blessed vale. I threw back my cloak and beheld the stars fading in the east; then, with numbed hands, I prepared palette and canvas. The first roseate rays were rising above the peaks when up from the valley rode two pilgrims on the path: a tall old man with a cloak and pointed grey hat mounted on a great white steed, and beside him, what appeared to be a tow-headed youth riding a pony. They greeted me heartily as they passed, the glory of dawn now rendering all of the mists of the new spring day in swirls of cobalt, violet, and gold.

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Jul 27

The Grey Pilgrim

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The Grey Pilgrim”
Oil on canvas, 21″x13″ wide.

Artist Commentary: I spent Saturday with Mithrandir walking the foothills of the Misty Mountains. The light was golden and it glowed on glade and glen, field and forest. We stopped to rest along the roadside and watched the sky turn from cerulean to violet as evening set in.

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Jul 22

The Lonely Mountain

“The Lonely Mountain”
Oil on canvas, 21″x13″ wide.

Artist Commentary: After the feasting and celebration at Lake Town, Bilbo, Thorin and company proceeded by boat to the northern end of the lake, and thence on ponies into the wastelands of Smaug; these were the bleak and burned lands surrounding the Lonely Mountain.

In this painting, Bilbo and the Dwarves proceed north and east towards the Mountain as the sun is setting and the mists are rising from the lake….

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