Yet between the brothers there was great love, and had been since childhood, when Boromir was the helper and protector of Faramir. No jealousy or rivalry had arisen between them since, for their father’s favour or for the praise of men.

« Each of them took to himself a Silmaril, for they said: 'Since one is lost to us, and but two remain, and we two alone of our brothers, so is it plain that fate would have us share the heirlooms of our father.' »

- J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Silmarillion”.

Maedhros and Maglor, the last remaining sons of Feanor. The last attempt to reclaim the Silmarils. My heart is entirely with the First House of the Noldor, so this illustration is extremely important to me.

Oil on canvas

I will leave some of my art here because i want it to be here. I am not sure if i want to repost every single drawing i made into this blog too - but i ll see!

FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
“The Company of the Ring shall be Nine; and the Nine Walkers shall be set against the Nine Riders that are evil.”

On today's episode of LotR AU: Boromir Lives, it's after the battle of Pelennor Fields! There are so many great possibilities to explore when Boromir finally, finally returns to Minas Tirith--- making the agonizing decision to follow Aragorn through the Paths of the Dead instead of going straight to the city with Theoden, fighting like a demon outside the gates, learning about his father's death, and then choosing to leave again to accompany Aragorn to the Black Gate, but right now it's WHUMP TIME.

Obviously, first up is Faramir. If Boromir is with Aragorn, he won't enter the city until after the battle, and so he wouldn't know anything about Faramir's flight from Osgiliath or the pyre in the tombs.

In the few days between the battle and leaving for the Black Gate, I envision Boromir operating on undiluted adrenaline as the wounded and dead are tended. Who needs food? Who needs sleep? Not Boromir. He's returned to his city at its lowest possible moment and he's going to DO EVERYTHING TO FIX EVERYONE ALL AT ONCE.

The scene where Pippin finds Merry wounded and dazed and wandering the streets, has always been a favorite of mine and was one of the first LotR illustrations I ever did ~20 years ago. In the book, Gandalf is the one who comes to carry Merry up to the Houses of Healing. In this AU, you know it's Boromir.

Anyway, eventually Legolas and Gimli probably have to force some rudimentary self-care.

Boromir Lives AU: Aragorn's Coronation

Boromir Lives AU: Faramir and Eowyn's Wedding

“The Old Forest”

The seventh of eleven new watercolours depicting places in Middle-earth (and Númenor) for an upcoming book.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS costumes appreciation:
― Theoden's armour
(costume design by Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor)