Date registered: July 2, 2014
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Dec 28
“At Durin’s Stone”
Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.
Artist Commentary: I spent Tuesday on the slopes of the Misty Mountains, in the crusted crags and fog-filled dells that bound the Golden Wood to the west, just as the Great River bounds her to the east. I hiked the nearest ridge, and espied beneath me the sapphire surface of Kheled-zâram. There, in the vale of Azanulbizar, I pitched my easel as the sun crested and began her journey toward the peak of Baranzibar.
And I painted.
I painted the cobalt waters of the lake and the lavendar plumes of the heavens; I painted the spurs of Zirak-zigil and the plummeting falls beside the Dimrill Stair; I painted Durin’s Stone, weatherworn and broken, standing silent beside the still waters.
And as I was finishing my work, with the shadows of the great peaks flooding the glen with gloom, a dwarf and a halfling came to the water’s edge and gazed in wonder upon the stars, jewel-like, that rest forever there, floating in the depths of Mirrormere.
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Dec 28
“At the Sign of the Ivy Bush”
Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.
Artist Commentary: I spent Saturday in I Drann, east of Hobbiton. Following The Water west from the Baranduin, I reached the Bywater market in the late afternoon; and with an autumn evening waxing fair, I perched my easel by the stream, facing east so that I could descry the the purple hills I’d passed by that morning.
I painted, seeking to capture with my palette the gilt glimmers of light through trees and the reflections on The Water as evening descended. Lamps were lighted, and though the little folk were curious, most passed me by with just a nod. They strolled toward the Ivy Bush while violet clouds coursed across a cerulean sky; soon all that could be seen were the red and golden glow from the round windows and the twinkling of the lamps along the Bywater road.
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