{"id":68954,"date":"2013-02-09T11:04:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=68954"},"modified":"2013-02-13T21:15:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T02:15:01","slug":"an-unexpected-art-show-featured-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/02\/09\/68954-an-unexpected-art-show-featured-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;An Unexpected Art Show&#8217; Featured Artist &#8211; Jay Johnstone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Thorin_Oaken.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-68955 no-lazyload\" alt=\"Art by Jay Johnstone\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Thorin_Oaken-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Thorin_Oaken-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Thorin_Oaken-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Thorin_Oaken-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Thorin_Oaken-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Thorin_Oaken.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>TheOneRing.net is shining the spotlight on the diverse group of artists in \u2018An Unexpected Art Show\u2019.\u00a0Over 30 artists will be showing off their work &#8212; using a wide variety of mediums, approaching their love of Tolkien from different perspectives and hailing from all over the world. We&#8217;re excited that U.K. based artist Jay Johnstone will have selected works on display.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaystolkien.com\/\">Jay Johnstone<\/a> has spent many years as a professional artist,\u00a0but has only recently joined the ranks of the fine artists specifically associated with the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Inspired by the idea that <em>The Hobbit<\/em> and <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> had been transcribed from ancient manuscripts appealed to Jay. Using techniques from religious manuscripts, icon and fresco illustrations from the medieval period, Jay&#8217;s artwork uses a variety of mediums &#8212; oils, watercolors, acrylics, egg tempera with gold powder and leaf. Striking detail and traditional techniques give the impression of artwork that could have been produced in the real Middle-earth!<\/p>\n<p>Jay has been hailed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corblok.com\/\">Cor Blok<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/tednasmith.mymiddleearth.com\/\">Ted Nasmith<\/a> as a creative force meant to be seen years to come. He has in his supporters other well-known characters such as Ian Brodie and Christopher Paolini, and is in residence in the collections of Bernd Greisinger (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmec.ch\/en\/index.html\">Greisinger Museum<\/a>, Jenins, Switzerland), Sir Richard Taylor and others, worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Join us for a night of artwork celebrating the influence of J.R.R. Tolkien in Los Angeles, California on Friday, February 22, from 7 PM to 1 AM. Children 12 and under are free! A limited number of tickets are available for $15 online and $20 at the door. \u2018An Unexpected Art Show\u2019 will be held at Lot 613, a blank-canvas special events space in the Historic Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles, located at 613 Imperial Street. Skip the line and\u00a0<a title=\"Purchase tickets to An Unexpected Art Show\" href=\"http:\/\/unexpectedartshow.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">purchase art show tickets online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all part of our Middle-earth Celebration weekend culminating with &#8216;<a title=\"The One Expected Party\" href=\"http:\/\/oneparty.eventbrite.com\/?ref=ecount\">The One Expected Party<\/a>&#8216;!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oneparty.eventbrite.com\/?ref=ecount\">Party tickets are still available<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TheOneRing.net is shining the spotlight on the diverse group of artists in \u2018An Unexpected Art Show\u2019.\u00a0Over 30 artists&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":485,"featured_media":68955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"'An Unexpected Art Show' Featured Artist - Jay Johnstone http:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-hWa #lotr #art","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1378,14,17,197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artwork-shop","category-events","category-events-exhibits","category-fans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Thorin_Oaken.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-hWa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/485"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68954"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69023,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68954\/revisions\/69023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}