Inspired by Nutcracker and Mouse King
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
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The Scene
Morgoth's armies find the hidden city of King Turgon at night, with fire, wolves, Balrogs and great dragons. The city is burned and broken, and Tuor and Idril lead a remnant of the people away by a secret way. The picture shows the city and the flight.
The Style
An apocalyptic Victorian oil painting: a huge landscape, a sky torn with fire and storm, and tiny figures caught in the middle of it.
The Inspiration
From The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (1977), the tale Of the Fall of Gondolin. The look comes from John Martin's The Great Day of His Wrath (1851 to 1853): enormous architecture, an apocalyptic sky and tiny figures.
How It's Made
A print of a digital artwork in the style of a nineteenth-century romantic sublime oil painting, not an original. Each carries my printed Chapter & Scene signature.
Sizes and Frames
A4, A3 or 12 x 16 in, unframed or framed (slim pine in black, white or natural oak, ready to hang). Made to order on heavyweight 200gsm+ archival matte paper. Free delivery to the UK and US.
