The scene
The line is J. R. R. Tolkien's, from The Fellowship of the Ring (1954). A lone walker with a hat, a staff and a pack climbs a misty hill path at dawn, seen from behind, with the words set into the morning sky. It is for anyone who has ever been told they should have settled down by now.
The style
A Japanese shin-hanga woodblock print: soft graded colour, crisp outlines, pale mist and a quiet dawn light over the hills.
The inspiration
The look comes from Hiroshi Yoshida's Kumoi Cherry Trees (1920), for its medium and its palette. The walker, the path and the hills are my own.
How it's made
I design each picture and refine it until it feels right, and I set the words myself. It's a print of a digital artwork in the style of a Japanese woodblock print, not a hand-painted original. Each one carries my printed "Chapter & Scene" signature in the corner.