"The Tolkster." Original magical portrait of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, The Lord of the "Lord of the Rings," by Douglas Christian Larsen, in the Virtual Shattered Glass technique (each "shard" of virtual glass built piece by piece, a painstaking process consuming more than six months of the artist's life, six days a week, up to twelve hours a day!). ©2007 by Douglas Christian Larsen, Enchanting original portrait of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Tolkster - J.R.R. Tolkien, Author of "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" and "The Children of Hurin."