Galadriel : 02/2002 : Watercolor & ink on illustration board : 8.5" x 11" : This was a gift for Alexis, who one day sweetly wondered if I was planning on drawing an elven girl. (She's done a lovely picture of Arwen, herself, among others.) Galadriel has actually been someone I wanted to draw for a long, long time. I thought Cate Blanchett looked almost exactly how I imagined Galadriel, but was disappointed in the threatening angle they chose to take on her character. For me, Lórien was much warmer, and Galadriel, while beautiful and terrible, was golden and full of light, like her forest. The song she sings as the Fellowship departs Lórien, Namárië, exemplified for me the regret and plight of the elves.