"The Adventures of Tom Bombadil part 1" by Richard Svensson

*in awe* your artwork is lovely and a perfect fit to the poem! awsome

Richard Svensson replies: "Thank you! I love the poem and I hope it shows."

LOL! Score one for Goldberry! I am loving the look on Bombadil’s face.

Richard Svensson replies: "Hi, Heidi! Yes; poor old Tom. Goldberry’s being a bad girl here."

Wonderful! Tom Bombadil is one of my very favorite Tolkien characters. I also love all the little wildlife in the picture.

Richard Svensson replies: "Thankfully for me Tom Bombadil isn’t exactly over-illustrated. But I like the Brothers Hildebrandt version most of all. The wildlife and the flowers (all based on real plants and flowers, though that’s not possible to tell by looking at the images) are an attempt to echo Tolkiens love for nature. He was the first real environmental poet."

I really love this picture Richard. She looks sweet and noughty. I like the surprised look on his face. The background is very good.

Richard Svensson replies: "Then I’ve managed to relate to you exactly what I wanted to tell with this picture. Great!"

Can just say one thing about this.. PERFECT!

Richard Svensson replies: "Thanks! Glad to meet another Tom B fan!"

shouldn’t the frog be jumping to safety?

old tom in summertime walked about the meadows gathering the buttercups, running after shadows, tickling the bublebees that buzzed among the flowers, sitting by the waterside for hours upon hours. there his beard dangled long down into the water: up came goldberry, the river-woman’s daughter; pulled tom’s hanging hair. in he went a-wallowing under the water-lillies, bubbling and a-swallowing. ’hey tom bombadil! whither are you going?’ said fair goldberry. ’bubbles are you blowing, frightening the finny fish and the brown water rat, startling the dabchicks, and drowning your feather-hat!’ ’you bring it back again, there’s a pretty maiden!’ said tom bombadil. ’i do not care for wading. go down! sleep again where the pools are shady far below willow-roots, little water-lady!’ back to her mother’s house in the deepest hollow swam young goldberry. but tom he would not follow; on knotted willow-roots he sat in sunny weather, drying his yellow boots and his draggled feather.

lol.. funny concept love it lots of details too.

Richard Svensson replies: "Thanks! A friend of Tom’s is always a friend of mine."

oh, this just made me laugh out loud - i have glimpsed the poem, and this pic just is so lovely! I love th eruggedness of dear Tom, and the youthfulness of Goldberry...very amusing, Tolkien and Alan Lee would approve greatly!!!

Richard Svensson replies: "The poem is a very jolly one and there’s actually a recording of Tolkien reading it and sounding like he’s having a very good time! I’d like to think I’d get approval from Messrs Lee and Tolkien -I admire them both."

Cute very funny

Richard Svensson replies: "Thank you! A bit like kindergarten affection, isn’t it?"