ALAN LEE

There are various Limited Edition prints, signed prints and unsigned prints of paintings by Alan Lee in his own section from The Mabinogion and other subjects including a fabulous box set of Alan Lee drawings (as long as stocks last).
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One of Alan's finest paintings for the illustrated 'Lord of the Rings'. The original was hanging over his fireplace until it sold at auction. Image size is 477 x 295mm. Overall board size is 625 x 417mm. Supplied unmounted due to it's size. Signed and numbered to 500 by Alan Lee. Printed on acid-free board on a hand-press using light-fast inks and proofed against the original painting. The technique in Alan's watercolour work is unbelievable. He uses very few technical tricks to achieve the results. There are certain things you have to do - white is the white of the paper so Alan has had to paint where the white isn't to get that effect on the waterfall! The limited edition is pretty much the same size as the original painting. The original has a grey watercolour border which is shown in the book. It's a great way to bring out a picture that is being printed in a book but is a bit limiting on a large fine-art print so we left it off and the image is the size the original was with the border (confused?). The colours are identical to the original painting. Well, let's put it this way - I couldn't spot the difference and nor could the artist so that's good enough for me. This print is in Tolkien - Hobbit by Alan Lee.

Published by Artists UK. SEE ALAN LEE'S OWN SECTION FOR ARTIST PROOF COPIES OF THIS LIMITED EDITION.

These are the Artist Proof copies of the Ltd Edition comprising 10% of the edition at only 50 copies signed and marked AP by the artist Alan Lee. One of Alan Lee's finest paintings for the illustrated 'Lord of the Rings'. The original was hanging over his fireplace until it sold at auction. Image size is 477 x 295mm. Overall board size is 565 x 373mm. Supplied unmounted due to it's size. Printed on acid-free board on a hand-press using light-fast inks and proofed against the original painting. The technique in Alan Lee's watercolour work is unbelievable. He uses very few technical tricks to achieve the results. There are certain things you have to do - white is the white of the paper so Alan Lee had to paint where the white isn't to get that effect on the waterfall! This Alan Lee limited edition is pretty much the same size as the original painting. The original has a grey watercolour border which is shown in the fully illustrated Lord of the Rings book. It's a great way to bring out a picture that is being printed in a book but is a bit limiting on a large fine-art print so we left it off and the image is the size the original was with the border (confused?). The colours are identical to the original painting. Well, let's put it this way - I couldn't spot the difference and nor could Alan Lee so that's good enough for me. Published by Artists UK.

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For the illustrated edition of 'The Hobbit'. The last thing Alan Lee did when illustrating this book was to firm up on what Bilbo looked like so that he could encapsulate the whole feel of the character which he has done here. This print of the full painting is an image size of 370x260mm mounted in a 60mm mount to a size of 490x380mm. This print is in Tolkien - Hobbit by Alan Lee.

Bilbo is actually a bit bigger in this one. Image is 280 x 265 mm and mounted in 60mm mount to an overall 400 x 385 mm. This print is in Tolkien by Alan Lee.

Image size is 370 x 260mm mounted in 60mm mount to 490 x 380 mm. This print is in Tolkien - Hobbit by Alan Lee.

Makes a great pair with the Stone Trolls - see 'Lord of the rings' section. Image size is 370 x 260mm mounted in 60mm mount to 490 x 380 mm. This print is in Tolkien - Hobbit by Alan Lee.

The eagles leave them on top of this big rock and they have to walk all the way down from this exposed place. Makes a great picture and image generally but why did they do it? Maybe I need to read it again - go on, you're dying to E-Mail us about it aren't you? Image size is 370 x 260mm mounted in 60mm mount to...oh, you work it out, there's no border. This print is in Tolkien - Hobbit by Alan Lee.

Image size is 370 x 260mm mounted in 60mm mount to 490 x 380 mm. This print is in Tolkien - Hobbit by Alan Lee. Beautiful painting of that classic parting with Gandalf.

This print of the full painting of Bilbo and co. climbing trees to avoid the wolflike Wargs is an image size of 370x260mm mounted in a 60mm mount to a size of 490x380mm. This print is in Tolkien - Hobbit by Alan Lee.

Smaller version of this great image which is 160 x 220 mm in a 40mm bevel-cut mount to an overall 240 x 300 mm. This print is in Tolkien - Hobbit by Alan Lee.