Date registered: July 2, 2014
Nov 02
“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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Nov 02
The Escape”
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.
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Oct 29
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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Oct 29
“Marshwiggle”
Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.
Artist Commentary: I spent Saturday in the tidal marshes, south of the river. I rafted along the waterways in late afternoon under an immense sky, and anchored in a peaceful spot near a lone wigwam. Setting up my easel, I painted the pocked purple clouds that peppered the heavens. Then, just before sunset, a Marsh-dweller emerged from the wigwam to angle for eels. Violet skies blended with cadmium reds, and the muddy greens of spartina and needlerush faded as the sun touched the distant horizon. Clapper rails rang out, and the peace of eventide crept upon all of the wetland prairies.
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Oct 29
“Amon Sûl”
Oil on canvas, 13″x21″ wide.
Artist Commentary:I spent Saturday among the Weather Hills, east of Bree. Autumnal leaves lingered in the wild, and I hiked the hills seeking for Amon Sûl. In mid-morning I mounted a hillock and beheld the blanched ruins in crystalline morning light. I set up my easel and began to paint. Ere long, a rustling sounded from the tall grass behind me, and a ranger and a Hobbit appeared. They stood before me, surveying the remains of the watchtower, and then descended the hill to join their companions. I watched them all continue on their way, and a chill of foreboding came to me, despite the warmth of the sun and the aching beauty of the wild heaths.
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