Category: J. R. R. Tolkien

This section contains the largest collection of images: examples of my work from the 1970’s to the present inspired chiefly by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, but also The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

Bilbo and the Eagles

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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Trolls (colour sketch)

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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Beorn; Lord of the Wild

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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Barrel Rider

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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Entering Mirkwood

Media: Gouache on illustration board Dimensions: 18.5 in × 15.5 in

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The Riddle Game

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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A Conversation with Smaug

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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The Shire; A View of Hobbiton From The Hill

Media: Gouache on illustration board Dimensions: 25 in × 15.5 in

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The Terrace at Henneth Annûn

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 2003 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins.

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The Stranger in the Forest

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 2003 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins.

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