Last year, a collector sent me some of his beautiful books to be painted and bound. The first of those is the fantasy novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. This is the Fore-edge of the book featuring a raven skull.

🪄 All design credits to the client.

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Have you seen Fore-edge paintings? Books I painted in 2024 PART 4 🖌️

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Books I painted in 2024 PART 3!

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Books I painted in 2024 PART 2!

Featuring:
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray
2. Dune
3. Once and future king
4. Hobbit
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Books I painted in 2024 🖌️

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The Essence of the Triquetra represents unity, protection, and eternity. The three interlaced arcs represent the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit by an unbroken and eternal line. In #Celtic culture, it can also mean strength and #love.

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The Hobbit - Fore-edge painting 🖌️ 🌿

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Have you read the Mabinogion?

Mabinogion translated by Sioned Davies - Fore-edge painting 🖌️

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Lord of the Rings - Split Double Vanishing Fore-edge painting 🖌️

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I make book paintings! Have you seen a painting magically appear on the edges of a book?
Ask me about it! 🖌️

💌 Commissions open on my website!

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Who's she? She's Anne with an E 🌿

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🖌️ Book 61: Anne of Green Gables - Fore-edge painting

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Mabinogion - Fore-edge painting 🖌️

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Dune - Fore-edge painting 🖌️

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