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'Thus Maedhros and Maglor gained not the jewel; but it was not lost. For Ulmo bore up Elwing out of the waves, and he gave her the likeness of a great white bird, and upon her breast there shone as a star the Silmaril, as she flew over the water to seek Eärendil her beloved.'JRR Tolkien: The Silmarillion : Chapter 24: Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath
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Painted in watercolour, with a touch of white gouache.
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Awesome! The pure light of Silmaril, the brave heart of Elwing. The sea is roaring and mourning the Mouth of Sirion.
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This is a poetic comment, which is one of my favourite kinds as it makes me think I'm doing something right. Thanks!
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Great artwork Pete ... using heavy watercolour paper makes all the difference
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Thanks Terry! Been a great fan of yours for a many many years now!
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Cheers peet ... looking forward to seeing more of your imaginative ArtWork in the future
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Thank you so much and sorry for the late response - appear to have missed your comment!
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Great painting, I like the colors and the composition.
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Thank you very much - this remains one that I'm happy with (which is unusual, as self-critical as I am 
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You are welcome. It is not so good to be too much self-critical
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THis looks so so beautiful~
And I adore that huge wave~
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Thanks so much - was really pleased with how that wave turned out
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Congratulations your work has been awarded the honor of the "Best of the Best" at NaturesHaven. Please enjoy Volume |Xjournal feature which showcases your art.
Ancient--One
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Why thanks very much! I couldn't seem to find it in the folder you mention, but I appreciate the thought all the same!
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You're very welcome!!! First of all. you deserve it! Second of all, I'm limited with what I can choose, so I choose only the Best, and from there, I can only Feature ten of the Best of the Best, being Featured on the first Friday of each month. LOTS of competition for that Honor. So don't be upset if you don't get that out of the Hundreds from the Featured Folder.
Thank you for being a member of NaturesHaven
Sincerely
Ancient--One
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Your wonderful art has been placed in our Featured folder . Congratulations!
Ancient--One
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You're very welcome!!! First of all. you deserve it! Second of all, I'm limited with what I can choose, so I choose only the Best, and from there, I can only Feature ten of the Best of the Best, being Featured on the first Friday of each month. LOTS of competition for that Honor. So don't be upset if you don't get that out of the Hundreds from the Featured Folder.
Thank you for being a member of NaturesHaven
Sincerely
Ancient--One
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This is marvelous, Peet. You continue to outdo yourself.
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I thank you kindly, though this one is a little over two years old now
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Perhaps I should have said 'outdid'. 
was just how nicely you handled the water.
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I'm being a pedant
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You depicted a stormy water perfectly. I can almost feel the breeze and wind there. I've never seen sea during storm but I imagined in in the same way.
As for Elwing, I hope she felt exhausted after the whole journey and got no other company but birds for the whole eternity. Forever loneliness is the good fate for mother who leave kids to mass murderers to keep gem.
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Haha, that's one way to put it. So much about choice, fate, sacrifice providence in Tolkien. Sometimes there're are never any right decisions, and you just go with your gut and see what happens. Really glad you like
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I believe and free will and Tolkien as a Christian definitely believed in free will. In case of Elwing I will rather consider not a fate but difficult circumstances (her family was killed to get Silmaril and in a sense she might want to save her heritage), but not a fate as in Ancient Greek tragedy. Elwing had a choice as well as sons to Feanor had choices
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The water looks amazing! That's my favorite part of this picture, though I also think you've done an incredible job on the clouds, and on the feathers of Elwing's wings, and those rays of light coming out of the Silmaril are very eye-catching.
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Again, my sincere thanks. This is one of my favourites, where the simplicity of the elements and composition came together easily, and fit well. But yeah, I was particularly pleased with the water. At first I was horrified, because I couldn't get the masking fluid off without ripping the paper. But in the end, the rips actually enhanced the movement and energy somehow, which was completely unexpected. And so this makes me even more fond of the work to this day, since it was such an 'accident'
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Thank you! I was particularly pleased with that
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Your work is absolutely stunning, love the details here
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Thank you so much, and my sincere apologies for such a late response!
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No that's okay! You're very welcome!
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Aaahg I'm geekin' out here! This is a wonderful illustration to a lovely text. The Silmarillian is possibly my favorite of Tolkien's books, and your illustrations do justice xD
Makes me happy. Bravo friend, Bravo!
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Ah, thank you so much for your kind words. I love making fans of Tolkien 'geek out'
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This is one of my favourites! The contrast between the deep purple and the green of the sea! Awesome!
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Thank you very much once again! This is one of faves too ...
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