2. You must give me credit by posting one of the icons listed below, and attaching a link back to "Daisy's Hobbit Hole" 's homepage.
3. VERY IMPORTANT !
NO DIRECT LINKING to this site! This practice has caused great problems for me in the past, and threatened to shut down this website.
Thank you for your courtsey, and may The One smile upon you.
This candle will take you HOME
The paintings were originally created as water colors in 1974, based on a series of nearly 200 4"x 6" pen and ink sketches drawn between 1970-71, and were among my first artistic tributes to the Tolkien universe. Thirty years ago, I painted these without having had the dubious "benefit" of seeing someone else's interpretations first. Therefore, the Hobbits (and others) in them bear little resemblance to the popularized style of Hobbits that have become so strongly fixed in many imaginations.
My own favorite Tolkien artists -- Tim Kirk, Robert Howe and Pauline Baynes have turned out to be the ones I most identify with; and while I may not be in their league, I gave it a good try.
These paintings probably no longer exist. Being thirty years old, some were sold, some lost, some even destroyed. They survive only as photographs and, not all of the artwork was even photographed. There were literally dozens of pencil sketches that were lost over the years. Therefore, I give them to you to use on your site, or as wallpaper--asking only that you give me credit and link them back to Daisy's site. NO DIRECT LINKING PLEASE
These are thumbnails, of course. If you wish to see larger copies, just click the thumbnails.
"By some curious chance one morning long ago in the quiet of the world...Gandalf came by."
" ' Very well then,' said Thorin, 'Supposing the burglar-expert gives us some ideas and suggestions' "
" ' Don't pinch! You need not be frightened like a rabbit, even if you look rather like one' "
The Legend of
Mad Baggins
" ' I don't know half of you half as well as I should; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.' "
Miss Daisy drew these-here pictures over thirty years ago, and that's a fact, or my name ain't Sam -- which it is -- but she draws me and
Mr. Frodo and all much better now than she used to.
Saruman reveals his mind to Gandalf.
"They started, and Sam drew his sword and stood over Frodo--"
The Evening at
'The Prancing Pony'.
" ' What in the Shire is that?' exclaimed Merry. "
"Frodo began to feel restless, and the old paths seemed too well-trodden."
Next time she puts in her pictures, they'll be all bran' new ones.
" 'Look!' he said, clutching Frodo by the arm."
" The gate opened and three huge dogs came pelting out into the lane, "
" ...a generous supper was laid on a large table."
"...the world rolled away beneath his feet with a great noise of wind."
" ' Come, you shall sit behind me, friend Gimli,' said Legolas."
The Wrath of Treebeard
The Vision at Amon Hen
Galadriel , the Ringbearer of Nenya
" '...All that I had and might have had I leave to you.' "
"...so Sam struggled on as best he could, having no guidance but the will to climb as high as he might before his strength gave out."
Merry and Theoden
" ' We're up,' he whispered...'Clever Hobbits to climb so high, very clever Hobbits."
"Go and fetch another and eat it as you fancy -- somewhere private and out of my sight."
"Small Hobbit-children ran after the cart all through Hobbiton and right up the hill."
"The lake began to overflow and pour out through the old tunnel, and the water was rapidly rising up the steps."
At the Gates of Edoras.
The Taming of Smeagol
Invisible Bilbo here. Did you catch the artist's error above? Yes! Snowmane was a WHITE horse!
The Courtyard of
Minas Tirith
"...the glass blazed suddenly like a white torch in his hand."
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All original text and artwork by"Daisy Brambletoes" are the property of Cheryl W. Duval and Off-Note productions and is not to be used without written permission. Movie stills are property of New Line Cinema.
