Another coffee painting from the archives! It's been 9 years since I painted this portrait of Pippin.
I made if specifically to gift the original to Billy Boyd himself, and then made prints to sell. It was the first time I actually sold out of a print during a convention 馃槄
Billy's always been such a sweetheart every time I've met him. He came to several conventions in Sweden shortly after this one, and he ended up stopping by my booth to give me a hug and look at my art 馃グ I doubt he'd still recognise me now, but maybe the coffee paintings would jog his memory 馃槀
As usual - painted with instant coffee on smooth, heavyweight paper.
It was 20 years ago (ish) ::聽Empire magazine publishes The Lord of the Rings: A Celebration, a special booklet enclosed with the magazine's January 2004 issue, which was released in December 2003. The booklet carried interviews with the principal cast of the LOTR trilogy as well as a significant amount of the creatives involved. The photography was taken in Watford, New York, Wellington, London, Sydney, Los Angeles, Surrey, Melbourne, and Vancouver between February and October 2003. Shown here:
Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Elijah Wood (Frodo), Billy Boyd (Pippin); John Rhys-Davies (Gimli/Treebeard), Dominic Monaghan (Merry), Sean Bean (Boromir); Orlando Bloom (Legolas), Sean Astin (Sam), Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn); Miranda Otto (Eowyn), Andy Serkis (Gollum/Smeagol), Liv Tyler (Arwen); Bernard Hill (Theoden), Christopher Lee (Saruman), Karl Urban (Eomer); Hugo Weaving (Elrond), David Wenham (Faramir), and Cate Blanchett (Galadriel).
[Note: Dominic Monaghan's photo here is an outtake; the actual shot in the booklet can be seen here. These photoshoots provided several excellent outtakes that I'd be happy to share if there is interest.]
[聽The Wellington premiere of ROTK聽|聽Air Frodo from NZ to LA聽|聽Los Angeles聽| Berlin | London | New York (1) | New York (2) ]