Kay Woollard/Gallery

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A Long Expected Party

Illustrations for the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference.

Progress Report Cover 1: Organization
Progress Report Cover 2: Invitation
Progress Report Cover 3: Decoration
Progress Report Cover 4: Preparation
Progress Report Cover 5: Exasperation
Progress Report Cover 6: Celebration
Party Piece: centrefold of the Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992 Programme Book

Christmas cards for the Tolkien Society

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Shirefolk in Winter
Card for Christmas 1990
"We'll be home 'afore it snows again"

Weathertop covers

All five covers had the same frame designed by Kay Woollard, but the illustrator for the inside piece varied. Kay also supplied the central piece twice.

Scenes of the Shire

The first six were commissioned and published as a set of greeting cards for the Tolkien Society.

Springtime in the Shire
Little Milkmaid in the Yale
The Shirriff, or Caught in the Act
Pipe-weed
The Revellers' Return
Mushroom Pickers in the Marish
Mushroom Pickers in the Marish, version 2 (retouched unfinished design)
The Landlord of the Ivy Bush (retouched unfinished design)
A Cornfield in the Shire (retouched unfinished design)
Grape Harvest in Southfarthing (sketch)

Pages from Hob Painter's Sketchbook

Hob Painter was an autobiographical character invented by Kay Woollard. He was an independent draughtshob who mainly (barely) earned his living by painting inn signs, but his favourite subjects were portraits and landscapes.

1. Noggin, the sandy-haired pot boy at "The Mushroom"
2. Landlord of "The Mushroom" at Muttering Overgate
3. Rosie from "The Mushroom", Muttering Overgate, South Farthing
4. Waiting for the Buckland Ferry. The pretty girl with the strange bundle...
5. Waiting for the Buckland Ferry. The two little lads and their dad...
6. At the Buckland Ferry. The Three Gammers
7. At the Buckland Ferry. The Sad Lad
8. The Two Gaffers Looking at the Three Gammers
9. The two sisters with the empty bird cage
10. The quarreling lovers.
11. The young Stoor
12. The farmer's pretty wife and their children.
13. The bonny lad who very nearly missed it!
14. Lally Wayward's Cottage - South Farthing
15. Smial near a waterfall - North Farthing

A Sunny Summer Afternoon in the Shire

This set is also from one of Hob Painter's notebooks. He drew these in pencil first and finished them later. He owed his burst of inspiration to a very fine pen he had recently acquired which he wanted to try out. His favourite drawing in the set was Old Pump on Mushroom Lane.

1. The Strange Story Tree
2. Strawberry Tarts on Pewter Dish
3. A Bachelor Smial
4. A Very Necessary Place
5. The Old Rain Barrel
6. Small Pie Cooling
7. A Very Good Way to Spend an Afternoon
8. The Path from the Woodshed
9. Almost over the fence
10. The Lookout
11. Gammer's Sweetheart
12. Gammer Waiting for her Sweetheart
13. Sulking
14. Old Pump on Mushroom Lane
15. The Pedlar
16. The Water Jug
17. Rhubarb Pie

Landscapes and Settings of the Shire

The eye of the observer is invited to wander, as each of the paintings tells a story.

A cottage in the Marish - East Farthing
The pedlar of medicines - Cottages and cottagers near Hardbottle
An almost concealed Smial - West Farthing
Dinner time - A farmhouse kitchen in the Shire
It always rains on washing day - Smial in South Farthing
The Causeway, looking South - Rushey in the Distance: A Blustery Day in Early Autumn