Galadriel´s Dream: The Music of the Ainur
A mythic and meditative art series inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, exploring the divine origins, archetypes, and inner longings woven into the mythology of Middle-earth. This collection is a loveletter, a poem, a song to the ethereal quality of Tolkien´s writing. … echoing the moment before creation, where light, music, and emotion merge into form.
Through graceful portraits, symbolic compositions, and elemental landscapes, the series journeys from the timeless elegance of Galadriel & Varda, to abstract representations of spiritual forces like The Flame Imperishable and The Music of the Ainur. Each piece reveals an aspect of the Elvish soul: its light, its sorrow, its longing for the Undying Lands.
Rendered in a palette of starlight, shadow, and celestial gold, these works evoke the power of myth as something living—felt in the crashing shores of Aman, the starlit bloom of a moonflower, or the eternal glow of the Evening Star. Galadriel’s Dream invites the viewer into a liminal world between memory and becoming, honoring the beauty, complexity, and spiritual depth of Tolkien’s legendarium.
Lady of Starlight
Varda, the shining one emerges from the shadows with an otherworldly grace. Her luminous hair and radiant eyes shimmer like golden pools, casting light against the deep black of her flowing robe … a symbol of the vast, mysterious void she shaped with stars.
Around her neck rests a celestial necklace, each jewel a beacon of light in the dark. Her gaze is calm yet intense, holding the quiet power of one who sings the universe into being.
She is the mother of light and most beloved by the Elves, who where born under her starlight before sun & moon illuminated the earth.
This portrait honors Varda’s eternal role in Tolkien’s mythos: the divine feminine force of light, reverence, and cosmic beauty.
Galadriel´s Dream
Galadriel, Light of the West, is captured in a moment of luminous anticipation … her youthful face turned toward the unseen lands of Middle-earth, where destiny and desire call her forward.
Her eyes, touched by the ancient Light of the Two Trees, radiate both power and foresight, revealing the depth of her spirit and the weight of her longing.
A single white branch rises elegantly through the portrait, adorned with golden accents, leaves, and flowers … each a symbol of the Elves’ eternal bond with nature and the stars.
This artwork reflects Galadriel not yet as queen, but as seeker: filled with untamed ambition, reverence for beauty, and the quiet, fierce grace that would one day define her legacy.
Sacred Fire
The Flame Imperishable is rendered as a radiant symbol of divine creation and eternal spirit. A solitary white candle stands at the heart of the void, its golden wick bearing a luminous flame that shimmers in hues of blue and pearlescent light. Against a pitch-black background speckled with distant stars, the flame seems to pulse with sacred life … the hidden fire Ilúvatar kindled before the world began. This piece distills the essence of Tolkien’s mythology into a single image: the spark of being that cannot be made by the Ainur, only discovered. Silent, still, and yet immeasurably powerful, The Sacred Fire evokes the mystery of existence and the cosmic breath behind all creation.
Moonflower
A Moonflower rests in stillness, holding its perfect design as a pure potential within itself. Set against a mostly black background laced with deep blues and scattered stars, the bud glows softly with the same ethereal light as TheSacred Fire …. a luminous blue with pearlescent sheen and delicate golden accents. Suspended in silence, it symbolizes the moment before bloom: the quiet lingering of divine creation, the sacred pause before the world unfolds. This piece embodies The Music of the Ainur in its purest form—beauty held in restraint, harmony before manifestation. A cosmic seed of light and intention, Moonflower invites contemplation of the divine act of shaping the world, and the eternal echo of that first song still blooming through time.
Undying Lands
The Shores of Aman is a tempestuous vision of the sacred land—not as a tranquil haven, but as a distant promise reached through struggle and longing. In this dynamic seascape, crashing waves collide with snow-capped cliff stones, painted in expressive, emotive brushstrokes of deep blue, black, and white. Golden stars glimmer faintly in both water and sky, suggesting the divine light that calls across time and distance. This painting captures not the peace of Aman, but the arduous journey of the Elves …. their exile, yearning, and relentless pull toward the Undying Lands after their awakening in Middle-earth. The wild sea becomes a symbol of that inner and outer voyage: turbulent, powerful, sacred. It speaks to the sorrow and strength woven into Elven history and the price of reaching the light beyond the shadow.
Moonflower
A Moonflower rests in stillness, holding its perfect design as a pure potential within itself. Set against a mostly black background laced with deep blues and scattered stars, the bud glows softly with the same ethereal light as TheSacred Fire …. a luminous blue with pearlescent sheen and delicate golden accents. Suspended in silence, it symbolizes the moment before bloom: the quiet lingering of divine creation, the sacred pause before the world unfolds. This piece embodies The Music of the Ainur in its purest form—beauty held in restraint, harmony before manifestation. A cosmic seed of light and intention, Moonflower invites contemplation of the divine act of shaping the world, and the eternal echo of that first song still blooming through time.