The Fall of Gondolin 39.3 x 56.2 cm, 1990 The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien Grafton Books, Jan 1992 This painting was commissioned for the cover of the Silmarillion. Gondolin is described as having beautiful white walls, which provide a welcome canvas for the dark masses of Sauron's forces. Actually drawing the curved wall and towers was another matter, involving vanishing points literally yards away, much farther than my longest ruler would reach. I'm not sure how appropriate the great many-leggèd caterpillar thing is any more, but I do remember the rivers of fire.
