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The Old Forest

” ‘They do not like all that about ending and failing,’ said Merry. ‘I should not sing any more at present. Wait till we get to the edge, and then we’ll turn and give them a rousing chorus!’ ”
—The Old Forest, Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.

– I just learned that this will be the cover of the Tolkien Society’s annual publication: the ‘Mallorn’! :)

The first in a series of landscapes inspired by both Britain and Middle-earth – this one based on the forest of Padley Gorge in Derbyshire. Though I think the trees there are less likely to eat you.

Acrylics, pencil, pastel, gouache, tea, cat hair, and the withered deathless malicious and malignant soul of a really evil tree – on paper (also made from trees, maybe evil), and then some digital colouring and fannying about.
A3 / 12×17 inches
Prints available here.

Work in progress and details:

Old Forest, work in progress 1

Old Forest, work in progress 2

Old Forest, work in progress 3

Old Forest, detail: Tree faces

Old Forest, detail: Merry and Frodo

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 21, November, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, LotR & Hobbit

Tagged art LANDSCAPE, art SCENE, land ENGLAND, land TREES, Tolkien BOOK-INSPIRED ILLUSTRATIONS, Tolkien LOTR BOOKS, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES OF MIDDLE-EARTH & BRITAIN, Tolkien races HOBBITS

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 21, November, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/11/21/the-old-forest/

The Black Rider

“ ‘…You won’t go far. They will come on you in the wild, in some dark place where there is no help. Do you wish them to find you? They are terrible!’ “

(Aragorn to the Hobbits at Bree) Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien.

Work in progress, showing also the five early draughts I did for this painting. They’re numbered so I could hold a vote to ask followers on Facebook which sketch they wanted to see made into a painting, and #2 won.

This finished painting will (omg eventually) be part of a big art giveaway contest on Facebook, please keep an eye on my page for details.

Black Rider, work in progress, Soni Alcorn-Hender

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Monday 20, November, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK

Tagged art SCENE, posts CONTESTS & GIVEAWAYS!, Tolkien BOOK-INSPIRED ILLUSTRATIONS, Tolkien LOTR BOOKS, Tolkien ppl THE ENEMY

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Monday 20, November, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/11/20/the-black-rider/

Elemental of Water & Choice

From a series of paintings embodying the four elements as human(ish) characters: the Spirit of Water and choice.
Seen here with his would-be lover, and the choice she has to make.

Acrylics, gesso, and liquid gold on paper; size A3 (30×42 cms or 12×17 inches.)
Created for Perna Studios (to be printed as a basecard) for their trading card set ‘Elementals’.

Prints and shiny things available here.

The work in progress (condensed into a few seconds) :

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Thursday 9, November, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Mythological

Tagged art SCENE, art WORK-IN-PROGRESS, cards ART FOR BASECARDS, cards PERNASTUDIOS, posts VIDEO, ppl BEAUTIFUL MEN, ppl ELEMENTALS, ppl MERPEOPLE

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Thursday 9, November, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/11/09/elemental-of-water-choice/

Elemental of Air & Freedom

From a series of paintings embodying the four elements as human(ish) characters: the Spirit of Air and Freedom.
(I’ve been asked repeatedly why the spirit of freedom is chained up. I shall leave that to your consideration.)

Acrylics, gesso, liquid gold, and 22k gold leaf on paper; size A3 (30×42 cms or 12×17 inches.)
Created for Perna Studios (to be printed as a basecard) for their trading card set ‘Elementals’.

Prints and shiny things available here.

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 7, November, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Mythological

Tagged art SCENE, cards ART FOR BASECARDS, cards PERNASTUDIOS, ppl ELEMENTALS, ppl HARPIES

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 7, November, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/11/07/elemental-of-air-freedom/

Elemental of Earth & Protection

From a series of paintings embodying the four elements as human(ish) characters: the Spirit of Earth and Protection
(with baby foxes, a little deer, and apparently *the* most fascinating plant anyone’s ever seen. :3 )

Acrylics, gesso, and liquid gold on paper; size A3 (30×42 cms or 12×17 inches.)
Created for Perna Studios (to be printed as a basecard) for their trading card set ‘Elementals’.

Prints and shiny things available here.

(Work in progress gallery) :

Elementals, wip1

Elementals, wip2

Elementals, wip3

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Sunday 5, November, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Mythological

Tagged art SCENE, art WORK-IN-PROGRESS, cards ART FOR BASECARDS, cards PERNASTUDIOS, posts VIDEO, ppl BEAUTIFUL MEN, ppl ELEMENTALS

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Sunday 5, November, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/11/05/elemental-of-earth-protection/

Elemental of Fire & Revenge

From a series of paintings embodying the four elements as human(ish) characters: Fire, the Spirit of Revenge.
Acrylics, gesso, and liquid gold on paper; size A3 (30×42 cms or 12×17 inches.)
Created for Perna Studios (to be printed as a basecard) for their trading card set ‘Elementals’.

Prints and shiny things available here.

(Gallery of work in progress) :

Elementals: Fire, wip1

Elementals: Fire, wip2

Elementals: Fire, wip3

Elementals: Fire, wip detail

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Friday 3, November, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Mythological

Tagged art SCENE, art WORK-IN-PROGRESS, cards ART FOR BASECARDS, cards PERNASTUDIOS, ppl BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, ppl ELEMENTALS

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Friday 3, November, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/11/03/elemental-of-fire-revenge/

Gandalf & Frodo

‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo.
‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.’

From The Fellowship of the Ring (chapter ‘Shadow of the Past’) by JRR Tolkien.

The famous words of comfort and wisdom spoken by Gandalf to Frodo (book version).
Pencil and acrylics on painted paper, 21×30 cms.

Gandalf and Frodo, work in progress

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 24, January, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, LotR & Hobbit

Tagged art SCENE, Tolkien BOOK-INSPIRED ILLUSTRATIONS, Tolkien races HOBBITS

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 24, January, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/01/24/gandalf-frodo/

Mermaids of the Deep: Antarctic Volcanic Octopus

This monstrous little she-creature is part of a small, on-going series inspired by the works of HP Lovecraft and different sea creatures.
This one takes after an astonishing ghostly white octopus found a mile and a half under the sea, in the frozen black and crushing depths at the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean. There they survive on the vents of volcanically-heated water erupting from under the seabed. That’s about as extreme as it gets. If we tried to visit we’d be simultaneously boiled, frozen, and pulped.
So my Antarctic Octopus mermaid is a force to be reckoned with: pictured here resting sweetly on the skull of a much larger foe that she vanquished before breakfast.

21x29cms, acrylics and gold leaf, digitally-added frame.
Prints and pretty things available here!

Octopus mermaid wip1

Octopus mermaid wip2

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Monday 7, November, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, Mythological

Tagged art SCENE, art WORK-IN-PROGRESS, books horror CTHULHU, ppl BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, ppl MERPEOPLE

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Monday 7, November, 2016

https://bohemianweasel.com/2016/11/07/octopus-mermaid/

Mermaids of the Deep: Egyptian Starfish

My deep-sea monster ladies are inspired by the works of HP Lovecraft and various sea creatures; this one a starfish – specifically the ‘Egyptian sea star’, which then suggested a sunken (or sinking) Egyptian temple for her to haunt.
(The statue is based on a particular pharaoh, extra points if you know which.)

Prints and shiny things available here!