I finished this artwork February 6, two weeks before the Russian invasion in Ukraine. It was created with the pain, my heart was aching. A premonition of the coming war crept into it subconsciously, a feeling that my compatriots-Ukrainians are now experiencing. The orc army has concentrated on the border of my homeland and is ready to attack.
(Azanulbizar, or the Battle of Azanulbizar is the most dramatic episode of Tolkien's saga - battle between dwarfs and orcs.)
"Premonition of Azanulbizar" - «Передчуття Азанулбізара»
©Oleg Yuriyovich Lipchenko
11"X15" graphite pencil, colored pencil, watercolour on paper, 2022
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