Jessica Flood

@jflood.bsky.social

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Singer, mother of twins, teacher, reader. Was RichFloodDesigns at the other place. She/her.

Two trees. One growing inside a giant, monstrous, humanoid, desiccated skull. Spider webs between the branches. The one within the skull has branches extending toward the other tree that look like grasping claws. The tree on the right has a few leaves. Pen.
Two leafless trees. One growing inside a giant, monstrous, humanoid, desiccated skull. Spider webs between the branches. The one within the skull has branches extending toward the other tree that look like grasping claws. Drawn in pencil with some incomplete inking.
Cover of J. R. R. Tolkien a Biography by Humphrey Carpenter. Tolkien in a tweed suit sitting under a tree- black and white photo
Picture of the stuff I received from the Tolkien Society. Including Mallorn and Amon Hen, their publications, some postcards, my own membership card, a letter and Christmas card. In my ottoman.
Ink and watercolor. A stream moves through a forest with twisted trees under a luminescent moon. Mountains in the distance. Stylized, like an illustration from a book of fairytales.
Watercolor and ink painting of a landscape. Stylized. Trees flanking a stream feeding into a pond. Mountains in the background with a red setting sun. Inspired by the paintings of JRR Tolkien and Arthur Rackham.
An orange and white American short hair cat, close up of face- he is looking to the right of the frame in profile. His yellow/green eyes are open. He is laying down on a tan sofa arm. He is a floofy loaf.
Open pages of the adventure’s of Tom Bombadil in the foreground with a campfire in a fire pit and trees and grass in the background and beyond.
Cover of Tolkien: Maker of Middle Earth by Catherine McIlwaine
Theee different watercolor and ink paintings of a similar subject laid out on a wood table. Far left is smaller, in a sketchbook, middle and right are on watercolor paper. All three depict a stylized sun at the horizon line between six trees, three in each side. Trees, like the sun, are stylized with curling branches- art nouveau style. Far right is more symmetrical.
Two pen and water color pieces with stylized, art nouveau trees frame a golden setting (or maybe rising?) Sun. One is smaller and in a sketch book and one is on watercolor paper.
Rough sketch of an anthropomorphic tree with a small bird perched on Its branch/nose.
Watercolor and ink pine tree with a few decorations. Pretty sloppy. Not my best work.
The cover of The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchet.
Watercolor, ink illustration of trees, river and a tower in the distance.
Cover of Dubliners by James Joyce
The cover of MacBeth by William Shakespeare.
The cover of Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal.
The cover of The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
Cat reaching toward the camera with an extended paw- very messy background.
Three paper back books by/edited by Verlyn Flieger. From left to right: “There Would Always Be a Fairy Tale”, “Interrupted Music” and “Green Suns and Faërie”.
Pencil sketch of a leafless tree with bark that appears to have two eyes and a gaping mouth. In the background two more trees with faces. Some shrubs and grass in the ground. This is a work in progress.
A hand drawn tree in a stylized fashion with curling spread roots, a pale blue sky, a few fruits. Sparse delicate leaves. In pale shades of green.
A hand drawn tree in a stylized fashion with curling spread roots, a pale blue sky, a few fruits. Sparse delicate leaves. In pale shades of green.
A tree, drawn by hand. Stylized. Ink.
Pencil sketch of a stylized tree with curling roots shown beneath the ground and a bowl-like canopy with ornate, curling branches and small ovate leaves.
A pretty kitty on a yellow ottoman in the foreground. Wood floors and tall, messy bookshelves with piles of books in front of them in the background.
A white and ginger cat on soft green bedding with a small blue stuffed amoeba on his head. The cat looks content.
An illustration of a tree with roots spreading below ground. Not realistic.
The outward-facing spine of the Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. Red hardcover, slipcase. Illustrated by the author. Sits on a wooden table.
Bertie Carvel as Jonathan Strange
A black lab with a white splotch on his chest looking very happy sitting on a bed. Kind of blurry due to low light.
A picture of the hardcover book Smith of Wootton Major by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Dragon drawn in chalk on a blackboard with a rainbow from a prism near by.