The Fanturi - Masters of Fate

This is an acrylic painting I did a year and a half ago. It is now available as a print (and cheap, too!) at deviant art: http://www.deviantart.com/print/233675/

In Tolkien mythology, there were two trees that made light for the world before the sun and the moon. Telperion was the silver tree, the moon, and the Fanturi liked it best. The Fanturi were Namo and Irmo (right and left), masters over death and over dreams, and so called 'masters of spirit,' which is the translation of Fanturi. When the fallen Vala Melkor destroyed the Two Trees, it was said that the last drop of Telperion's dew was held in the halls of Namo.

The figures featured in the center are actually a statue, holding up a bottle with this last drop. There are also surrounding spirits under the influences of either Namo or Irmo.