There are 4 new paintings posted on my website, and all are Tolkien-themed. These include: “Berserker”, “The White Tower (of Elwing)”, “The Gates of Moria” and “The Black Ships (of Umbar)”. You can see all of these by going to http://www.JefMurray.com and clicking the “Newest Works” gallery button.

- For those of you across the pond, the next meeting of the Three Farthing Stone smial will be on Sunday 12th July 2009 at The Bell Inn, High Street, Moreton in Marsh. 01608-651688. There will be a noon meet, a 1pm luncheon, and 2:30pm (until late!) meeting thereafter. If you’d like to attend, you can contact Malcolm at malcx@adcbooks.co.uk . Although Lorraine and I won’t be there this time, Andy will have a number of new paintings and sketches of mine to show to smial members…I hope folks enjoy seeing these!

- Although it’s still a trifle early to be sure exactly when I’ll be presenting, I’ve been asked to speak once again at Dragon*Con this year (see http://www.dragoncon.com ). As always, Dragon*Con will be held over Labor Day weekend, and I’m hoping to see many friends there. I may even make it into the parade on Saturday morning if I’m not painting (and if I’m not detained on MARTA for having my Claymore strapped on)! I’m tentatively scheduled to speak on Sunday afternoon, but will update my website with the finalized time when we get a bit closer.