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"Oropher: King of Woodland Realm"

8 x 10 Acrylic on Canvas Panel

I fell in love with Tolkien's high fantasy world all over again after watching LOTR: TROP, so I wanted to try and paint again after so long. Since I made quite a few sketches of Thranduil already (one with a very embarrassing self insert of me with him that you'll never see 🫣), I thought that it would be so cool to paint a portrait of his Father, Oropher this time instead.

P.S. I have been on an extremely long art hiatus due to some health issues (not that I actually post that much of my own art... ehehe), but I really liked how this one turned out and wanted to share it here :>

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Nishikubo Musashino, Tokyo

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stroll

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We need your protection. The road is fell! Please, understand, we need your support!

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Should have brought Glorfindel

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Let me give you some art of my favourite Legolas moment in the entire series.

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“The face of Elrond was ageless, neither old nor young, though in it was written the memory of many things both glad and sorrowful. His hair was dark as the shadows of twilight, and upon it was set a circlet of silver; his eyes were grey as a clear evening, and in them was a light like the light of stars. Venerable he seemed as a king crowned with many winters, and yet hale as a tried warrior in the fullness of his strength. He was the Lord of Rivendell and mighty among both Elves and Men.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, Many Meetings

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Nice Elrond!

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Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.“

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Strange seascapes of Kauai artist Troy Carney. Troy is Hawaii’s gold leaf artist, using a process he has been developing since 2005.

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Can we take a moment to talk about that generation that consisted mainly of the grandchildren of Finwë?

I mean, look at this:

Dead, Good as Dead, Dead, Dead, Dead, Dead, Dead, Dead, Dead, Dead, Dead, Dead, Only Alive Because Her Family Had the Presence of Mind to Stop Her, Dead, Dead, Dead, Survived.

Galadriel really was the only one who survived.

And this hits me hard when I think about it.

Because a writer puts a bit of themselves in every character.

The part of Tolkien that I see the most in Galadriel is the part of him that survived the war.

After all, he was part of the Lost Generation. Two of his closest friends—Robert Gilson and Geoffrey Smith—died in the war. Tolkien and Christopher Wiseman were the only two of their fellowship to survive.

Only Galadriel survived.

That was what the Grandchildren of Finwë were. They were the Lost Generation. An entire generation slaughtered.

The regret, the lamentation, the grief. Galadriel knew it well. She lived it because Tolkien lived it.

And I don't know why, but for some reason, this speaks to me louder than any history book ever has.