DEEP ROADS

30s / she. in places deep, where dark things sleep, in hollow halls beneath the fells.

[nostalgiaforinfinity]

above the clouds | boca da corrida, madeira | may 2026

[gnometheartist]

Fire & Water

After a long time, another finished illustration from J.R.R. Tolkien's books. I experimented a bit with the composition. I wanted to achieve a dramatic moment and contrast between water and fire. But at the same time I tried to capture the atmosphere and lore of the book.

Bard the Bowman is depicted as a true archer captain (not as a smuggler), and there is also an old thrush. I was inspired by Tolkien's original illustrations of Lake town. The Big Dipper constellation is also shown here, because at the beginning of this chapter it is written that a few people from Lake Town were walking around and looking at the stars (typical of Tolkien...😊), as they liked, shortly before the dragon arrived. The highest star of this constellation also symbolically points to the dragon's weakness.

The Big Dipper constellation is mentioned a few chapters earlier, when Bilbo was traveling with raft-elves along the Forest River towards the Long Lake...

I started painting this illustration about a year ago, but... for a long time I didn't make any progress because I didn't know how to continue. Long expected-illustration!😅

This illustration is painted with acrylic paints on paper in size 210x297mm.

[expressions-of-nature]

by Ingrid Martinussen

[cindca]

"The Forest"

An illustration I painted and turned into an animated gif. This was very tedious but I like how it turned out.

[rrondo]

[elkrisen-deactivated20260120]

she was guarding an old grave

[climbhighsleeplow]

Aspens in Autumn

San Juan Mountains of Colorado

[cimarronmare]

“ Fallen Rain “ Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron | Background Artist Nathan Fowkes

[polkadotmotmot]

Johnny DeFeo - Winter Wolf Observation Station, 2026 - Acrylic on panel

[archivearchangelica]

Artist's Palette, Death Valley, 2009

[nevver]

Right of way, Bill Leigh Brewer

[whereifindsanity]

Candice Camille Photography

[rosechata]

kelscallister

[floralls]

Sunflower Power (by Guy Schmickle)

[dogspots]

Unknown Patient Qdoba Parking Lot Dog

Spotted in Anchorage, AK in June 2014

[myfairynuffstuff]

Erika Toliusis (b.1969) - Pacific Angel. 2022. Oil with palette knife on canvas.

[redlipstickresurrected]

Chema Mendez aka Mendez Mendez (Dominican, b. Dominican Republic, based Bavaro, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic) - Entanglement, 2025, Collages, Digital Art