Elwing Bearing the Silmaril by peet on DeviantArt

'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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quitzle Featured By Owner Mar 17, 2018 Hobbyist General Artist

dude, you're so good at painting! like WOW

peet Featured By Owner Jul 25, 2018 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you, if you read this!

Bozip Featured By Owner Jan 27, 2018

Awesome! The pure light of Silmaril, the brave heart of Elwing. The sea is roaring and mourning the Mouth of Sirion.

peet Featured By Owner Jul 25, 2018 Professional Traditional Artist

This is a poetic comment, which is one of my favourite kinds as it makes me think I'm doing something right. Thanks!

greensap Featured By Owner Oct 20, 2017 Traditional Artist

Great artwork Pete ... using heavy watercolour paper makes all the difference

peet Featured By Owner Nov 6, 2017 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks Terry! Been a great fan of yours for a many many years now!

greensap Featured By Owner Nov 12, 2017 Traditional Artist

Cheers peet ... looking forward to seeing more of your imaginative ArtWork in the future

JohnlockedDancer Featured By Owner Jun 14, 2017 Hobbyist General Artist

Beautiful!

peet Featured By Owner Sep 9, 2017 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you so much and sorry for the late response - appear to have missed your comment!

MirielVinya Featured By Owner Apr 26, 2017 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Great painting, I like the colors and the composition.

peet Featured By Owner May 1, 2017 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you very much - this remains one that I'm happy with (which is unusual, as self-critical as I am

)

MirielVinya Featured By Owner May 18, 2017 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

You are welcome. It is not so good to be too much self-critical

) Art is a joy and love of creation, I wish you all the best

AloiInTheSky Featured By Owner Feb 2, 2017 Hobbyist General Artist

THis looks so so beautiful~
And I adore that huge wave~

peet Featured By Owner Feb 7, 2017 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks so much - was really pleased with how that wave turned out

Ancient--One Featured By Owner Jan 27, 2017 Hobbyist Digital Artist

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

peet Featured By Owner Edited Jan 29, 2017 Professional Traditional Artist

Why thanks very much! I couldn't seem to find it in the folder you mention, but I appreciate the thought all the same!

Ancient--One Featured By Owner Feb 1, 2017 Hobbyist Digital Artist

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

Ancient--One Featured By Owner Edited Jan 27, 2017 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Your wonderful art has been placed in our Featured folder. Congratulations!

Ancient--One

peet Featured By Owner Jan 29, 2017 Professional Traditional Artist

Honoured!

Ancient--One Featured By Owner Feb 1, 2017 Hobbyist Digital Artist

phantsythat Featured By Owner Jan 24, 2017 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

This is marvelous, Peet. You continue to outdo yourself.

peet Featured By Owner Jan 29, 2017 Professional Traditional Artist

I thank you kindly, though this one is a little over two years old now

phantsythat Featured By Owner Jan 29, 2017 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Perhaps I should have said 'outdid'.

What caught my eye
was just how nicely you handled the water.

peet Featured By Owner Feb 15, 2017 Professional Traditional Artist

I'm being a pedant

Thanks again!

kiborgalexic Featured By Owner Jan 22, 2017 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Fantastic piece! Clap

peet Featured By Owner Jan 24, 2017 Professional Traditional Artist

Glad you like

Erintii Featured By Owner Nov 20, 2016 Hobbyist General Artist

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.

peet Featured By Owner Dec 6, 2016 Professional Traditional Artist

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

This one remains a soft spot for me.

Erintii Featured By Owner Jan 3, 2017 Hobbyist General Artist

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

Ambruno Featured By Owner Oct 2, 2016 Hobbyist Digital Artist

amazing

peet Featured By Owner Oct 4, 2016 Professional Traditional Artist

FuzzyMaro Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2016

Gorgeous artwork!

peet Featured By Owner Apr 6, 2016 Professional Traditional Artist

Thanks!!!

AjaxTelamoneis Featured By Owner Mar 5, 2016 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

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.

peet Featured By Owner Mar 10, 2016 Professional Traditional Artist

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'

Cuthillius Featured By Owner Feb 27, 2016 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

The water is sublime.

peet Featured By Owner Mar 1, 2016 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you! I was particularly pleased with that

Elsa-Snow-Queen Featured By Owner Dec 8, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

cool

peet Featured By Owner Dec 9, 2015 Professional Traditional Artist

Cheers

HylianWolfLink Featured By Owner Oct 19, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Your work is absolutely stunning, love the details here

peet Featured By Owner Dec 9, 2015 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you so much, and my sincere apologies for such a late response!

HylianWolfLink Featured By Owner Dec 9, 2015 Hobbyist Digital Artist

No that's okay! You're very welcome!

Mousie-Lou Featured By Owner Aug 12, 2015 Student Traditional Artist

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!

peet Featured By Owner Aug 16, 2015 Professional Traditional Artist

Ah, thank you so much for your kind words. I love making fans of Tolkien 'geek out'

It's the same feeling I get when I look at art that speaks to me too (esp. when it comes to THIS particular legendarium), so I very much appreciate your compliment! Cheers!