DMRoberts wrote:

OK, thanks Mr. Underhill

BTW, where is the original social media posting of this? I'd like to pass it on to people directly who can share it in the ecosystem

Tuor wrote:

Superb artwork, as always. I'd love to see an illustrated Book of Lost Tales.

A talk with Ted Nasmith, the illustrator who shaped Tolkien’s fantasy universe
One of the most famous creators associated with the author of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ reflects on the eternity of the great fantasy epic and its links with classical art
Ted Nasmith

Another new work in my productive summer; 'A Mallorn in the Shire' (gouache 19.5" x 12.75"). It's a private commission, and if compared with the recent new work 'Arrival in the Shire', they could be seen as LotR 'bookends' to a degree.

It is another opportunity to explore pastoral imagery, and I loved expressing the lands beyond, fading to a blue horizon, or the meadow flowers in the Party Field. The technical challenge for the artist here is to decide how tall a specimen it might be at this point where Sam and Rosie now have a large family, and whether to try to show the entire number of children or leave it as a suggested moment before all their children were born. I've gone with the latter, and I saw the situation as one where the old Party Tree's stump was left as a reminder of the price of their community's survival under 'Sharkey' and his thugs.