13/06/2026
Over the past few months, I have received almost daily messages from people who would like to visit the gallery. The first question is often the same:
“What is the entrance fee?”
The answer is simple.
Galleries do not charge admission. Museums do. Galleries are places of encounter, conversation and discovery.
That is exactly why the Art of Middle-earth Gallery was created.
It was never built as a sales space. It was built as a place for stories.
Stories inspired by Tolkien, mythology, art, memory, and ultimately the human experience itself.
Visitors are often surprised to discover that there are no QR codes beneath the paintings and no pressure to purchase anything. Instead, they find original artworks, rare editions, personal collections, and conversations that frequently travel far beyond Middle-earth.
Yes, a small number of highly collectible prints can only be viewed here. Not because they are sold exclusively at the gallery, but because some things deserve to be experienced in person. To see the detail. To compare the quality. To understand the difference between an image on a screen and a work of art standing before you.
All purchases continue through my website, exactly as they did before the gallery existed.
Some may wonder:
“Was it worth creating a space like this?”
If my goal had been purely commercial, probably not. I would have opened somewhere more central, with greater visibility and a very different approach.
But that was never the vision.
I am not interested in people finding the gallery.
I am interested in them discovering it.
And within its walls, discovering something more than paintings.
That is why visits are by appointment only.
Because every visit is personal.
And because the real treasure of this place does not hang on the walls.
It lives within the stories that continue to be shared here.
We continue.
