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March 21st, 2012
End of day sketch/doodle. The Witch-king draws his Morgul-blade while in the background two Ringwraiths move towards Weathertop.
March 19th, 2012
End of day sketch/doodle.
March 16th, 2012
Throughout The Lord of the Rings, "the Eye" (the Red Eye, the Evil Eye, the Lidless Eye, the Great Eye) is the image most often associated with Sauron. Sauron's Orcs bore the symbol of the Eye on their helmets and shields, and referred to him as the "Eye" because he did not allow his name to be written or spoken.
March 15th, 2012
The Shire Haymaking.
The Lord Of The Rings Tolkien Inspired Art.The Shire with Merry and Pippin. The painting shows a time when all seems well in the shire, Merry and Pippin can be seen in the foreground sharing beer and smoking Old Tobby, smoke rings and chatting are the order of the day. Farmer Maggot oversees the stoors in haymaking alongside the fertile farmlands of the Brandywine River, one of his trusty dogs Wolf sits by his side. But all is not as it seems, the traveler on the pony is telling of dark goings on in the shire and of strange folk abroad; Mrs Maggot can be seen leaning on the gate eager for gossip.
February 24th, 2012
Mordor or Morhdorh (the Black Land or Land of Shadow) was the dwelling place of Sauron.
February 21st, 2012
A Hobbits Tale (The Red Book) Oil on canvas
Bilbo travels to Rivendell to continue work on the red book (tucked under his arm); his two Dwarven companions (Dwarves of the Iron Hills) bid him farewell refusing to go further into Elven territory. Gandalf can be seen on the distant path eager to discover more about the true tale of the One Ring.
The painting is set between the Hobbit and the Lord of The Rings; Gandalf is still unsure as to the powers of the ring that Bilbo won/stole from Gollum.
Traveling song by Bilbo Baggins:-
Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Price:- £360 including postage.
Size:- 20 x 28 inches
Please note that the work is for sale on various sites and its a case of first come first served. Any questions pleas don't hesitate to e-mail me at r.gilronan@yahoo.com
February 16th, 2012
The Trolls J.R.R. Tolkien.
One of the things that led me to start painting Tolkien inspired work, was Tolkiens very own naive sketches. Growing up I always read fairy tales, fantasy, mythical works and unlike most books Tolkiens illustrations always left a lot to the imagination and allowed you to form your own ideas on how the characters and locations should look.
February 15th, 2012
Hobbiton
Bag End the home of Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy
is a village along The Water a short walk to the west of Bywater. A large hill (The Hill) lay to the north, and under its southern slopes Bilbo's father Bungo built the luxurious smial Bag End above the lane of Bagshot Row
February 14th, 2012
Hobbit farmer in the snow attends his flock; although we don't associate the shire with snow; Tolkien describes how White Wolves terrorize the Shire during an exceptionally cold winter.
February 13th, 2012
Lived on a farm called Bamfurlong in the Marish region of the Eastfarthing of the Shire.
