Contained in a high quality decorative folder, complete with background information, the six pictures selected here - many not seen before - are examples of Howe's dramatic artwork taken from his portfolio "A Tolkien Gallery."

Author Biography

John Howe was born in 1957 in Vancouver, Canada. He moved to France in 1976 and gained a Diploma in Illustration at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs de Strasbourg in 1981. He has illustrated many French children’s books, but is best known for his Tolkien calendars, book jackets, maps and posters, and he is currently working as a production designer on New Line Cinema’sforthcoming Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.