Kay Woollard/Gallery

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Amon Hen covers

Amon Hen 70   Amon Hen 73   Amon Hen 116   Amon Hen 201   Amon Hen 203   Amon Hen 281

A Long Expected Party

Illustrations for the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference.

Progress Report Cover 1: Organization   Progress Report Cover 2: Invitation   Progress Report Cover 3: Decoration   Progress Report Cover 4: Preparation   Progress Report Cover 5: Exasperation   Progress Report Cover 6: Celebration   Party Piece: centrefold of the Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992 Programme Book

Christmas cards for the Tolkien Society

Shirefolk in Winter Card for Christmas 1990   "We'll be home 'afore it snows again"

Weathertop covers

All five covers had the same frame designed by Kay Woollard, but the illustrator for the inside piece varied. Kay also supplied the central piece twice.

Weathertop 1   Weathertop 5

Scenes of the Shire

The first six were commissioned and published as a set of greeting cards for the Tolkien Society.

Springtime in the Shire   Little Milkmaid in the Yale   The Shirriff, or Caught in the Act   Pipe-weed   The Revellers' Return   Mushroom Pickers in the Marish   Mushroom Pickers in the Marish, version 2 (retouched unfinished design)   The Landlord of the Ivy Bush (retouched unfinished design)   A Cornfield in the Shire (retouched unfinished design)   Grape Harvest in Southfarthing (sketch)

Pages from Hob Painter's Sketchbook

Hob Painter was an autobiographical character invented by Kay Woollard. He was an independent draughtshob who mainly (barely) earned his living by painting inn signs, but his favourite subjects were portraits and landscapes.

1. Noggin, the sandy-haired pot boy at "The Mushroom"   2. Landlord of "The Mushroom" at Muttering Overgate   3. Rosie from "The Mushroom", Muttering Overgate, South Farthing   4. Waiting for the Buckland Ferry. The pretty girl with the strange bundle...   5. Waiting for the Buckland Ferry. The two little lads and their dad...   6. At the Buckland Ferry. The Three Gammers   7. At the Buckland Ferry. The Sad Lad   8. The Two Gaffers Looking at the Three Gammers   9. The two sisters with the empty bird cage   10. The quarreling lovers.   11. The young Stoor   12. The farmer's pretty wife and their children.   13. The bonny lad who very nearly missed it!   14. Lally Wayward's Cottage - South Farthing   15. Smial near a waterfall - North Farthing

A Sunny Summer Afternoon in the Shire

This set is also from one of Hob Painter's notebooks. He drew these in pencil first and finished them later. He owed his burst of inspiration to a very fine pen he had recently acquired which he wanted to try out. His favourite drawing in the set was Old Pump on Mushroom Lane.

1. The Strange Story Tree   2. Strawberry Tarts on Pewter Dish   3. A Bachelor Smial   4. A Very Necessary Place   5. The Old Rain Barrel   6. Small Pie Cooling   7. A Very Good Way to Spend an Afternoon   8. The Path from the Woodshed   9. Almost over the fence   10. The Lookout   11. Gammer's Sweetheart   12. Gammer Waiting for her Sweetheart   13. Sulking   14. Old Pump on Mushroom Lane   15. The Pedlar   16. The Water Jug   17. Rhubarb Pie

Landscapes and Settings of the Shire

The eye of the observer is invited to wander, as each of the paintings tells a story.

A cottage in the Marish - East Farthing   The pedlar of medicines - Cottages and cottagers near Hardbottle   An almost concealed Smial - West Farthing   Dinner time - A farmhouse kitchen in the Shire   It always rains on washing day - Smial in South Farthing   The Causeway, looking South - Rushey in the Distance: A Blustery Day in Early Autumn

Various Hobbits

Lobelia   Pippin   Dora Baggins   Belladonna running after Isengar in the Old Forest   The Latter Days of Gerontius Took   Two Gaffers and a Gammer   Alfric, the hero of The Survivor (Mallorn 25)   A Slumbering Pedlar   Rosie Cotton (2)   Children of the Hobbits

Various Dwarves

The first seven pieces displayed here belonged to Peter Bolton (deceased). Each individual piece is also reproduced separately.

A memorial note on Peter is appended to his collection. This section of the gallery is dedicated to him.

Peter's Dwarves collection   Group of Dwarves   Dwarf with a Mallet   The Warning Blast - Dwarf in a Landcape   Heather ale and cram - Dwarves pause on a journey   Dwarves Crossing a Moor   Young Dwarf with a Sword   Dwarf Sentinel   His Father's Helmet - Dwarves Preparing to Go Forth   Female Dwarves

Various Ents

Fangorn and Fimbrethil   Thoughtful Ent at Sunset   Ent Talking to Squirrels   Ent in Late Autumn Sun

Various Elves

Wood-elves   Elf in a Misty Wood

Other

The Butterfly Window