[Milly]

The Annual Paintathon

2108AC

After an attempt in keeping his paintings small scale and secretive, the young Valmonte painter 

has once again decided to announce his newest series of paintings: The Yellow Period.

In celebration of this, he’s also announced personal requests: If you have a personal request, 

River will seek to attain it, though results will always vary based on inspiration and the artist’s eye. 

All personal requests are 10,000 coins.

The Yellow Period paintings are as follows:

Sunrises Over Meranthe

"A painting that uses several strokes and various hues of yellow in order to achieve its desired effect. 

It's the image of the sun in all of its warm and beautiful glory gently rising into the 

sky, with oranges peeking out above it as clouds take on the color of the sun itself.

This is the first work within River Valmonte's Yellow Period."

Sanskriti in Yellow

"This particular art deco piece is obviously inspired by Sanskriti which are commonly found in the 

wilderness. These yellow flowers are said to always turn in the direction of the sun, as if welcoming 

the warmth and light with open arms. This piece is no different, with several Sanskriti 

facing towards the canvas. This is another piece within River Valmonte's Yellow Period."

The Monster Inside

"Inside all of us there are monsters, whether or not we wish to view them or accept them. Even 

the smallest heinous acts can be a monster waiting to strike. This piece, 

done in watercolor, seems to take inspiration from this idea.

A yellow based monster stands idle, and every stroke of the brush done with paint seems to 

accentuate just how seemingly innocent and yet potentially powerful this monster can become.

A piece within River Valmonte's Yellow Period collection."

Faint Memories

"This painting invokes faint memories of a distant childhood and happier times. Yet, it also holds a 

tinge of sadness, akin to a feeling bad for a child who lost its parent or someone close to it. Yet with 

every sad story there lays a method of recovery and an understanding story of 

redemption, and that is precisely what this watercolor painting reflects in its glossy yellows.

Part of River Valmonte's Yellow Period series."

As always, if you wish to purchase a piece or even attempt to make a custom request, 

either write to River directly, or find him within Meranthe at large!

As a note: These paintings will only be available until year’s end. 

Once the year is up, they will be gone forever! Buy while you can!

[Milly]

The Annual Paintathon

2109AC

Due to the overwhelming support he received during the official announcement of the previous 

series, the young Valmonte painter has once again decided to announce his newest series of paintings: The Green Period.

As a reminder: If you have a personal request, River will seek to attain it, though results will always vary based on inspiration and the artist’s eye.

Note: He will not paint people.

The Green Period paintings are as follows:

Green Forest Memories

"A lush green forest is painted onto a smaller than average canvas. These careful and tiny strokes of

 watercolor paint serve to paint a beautiful landscape, and a gentle reminder of how 

beautiful nature can truly be. One of the first works within River Valmonte's Green Period."

Green Mountain Memories

"A companion piece to Green Forest Memories, this tiny watercolor piece shows the landscape of a 

beautiful mountain rolling in green grass. Within the background is the sprinkle of 

blue paint, to remind one of a clear blue sky. A piece within River Valmonte's Green Period."

Price: 2,000 coins

The Field After Battle

"This watercolor painting invokes intense memories of a peaceful green field full of grass in the

 immediate afterglow of a fierce battle. Distant mountains overlook the valley, and if one looks

closely they may just actually see tiny flowers painted within as well. This is part of River Valmonte's Green Period."

Crystalline Dreams

"This lengthwise painting is one done with watercolors, and the splotches of different 

shades of green can easily make one think of a green crystal - something that invokes 

healing and comfort. In many regions, crystals are seen as a token 

of good luck as well! A piece within River Valmonte's Green Period."

The Dreamscape

"The haziness of these watercolor strokes invokes one to think of a dreamstate: the differing 

shades of green help to compel the mind to wander easily, and soothes any anger 

one could have, simply by looking at it. Is it a work of the 

mind, an illusion... Or something more? Part of River Valmonte's Green Period."

Green Stars

"Unlike most of his other works, this watercolor painting is just a series of green stars in 

various shades of the color. It's simple, small, and perfectly sized for any decent 

home! While a definite departure from his typical works, it's 

no less professionally and perfectly painted. Part of River Valmonte's Green Period."

Price: 2,000

As always, if you wish to purchase a piece or even attempt to make a custom request, either write to River directly, or find him within Meranthe at large!

As a note: These paintings will only be available until year’s end. Once the year is up, they will be gone forever! Buy while you can!

[Milly]

The Annual Paintathon

2110AC

With a new year comes a new announcement of a new series. The much anticipated: The Blue Period.

As a reminder: If you have a personal request, River will seek to attain it, though results will always vary based on inspiration and the artist’s eye. The cost remains 10,000 coins.

Note: He will not paint people.

The Blue Period paintings are as follows:

Blue Flowers

"This lovely small piece of canvas has brush strokes of watercolor paint in varying blue hues to encapsulate 

blue flowers in bloom. Sunlight gently beams down upon them, providing a striking 

contrast. A piece of work within River Valmonte’s Blue Period."

Blue Flowers Part Deux

"A companion piece to the original Blue Flowers painting, this painting is also done in watercolors, 

showing an extended field of flowers dotted in various blue hues. A piece within River Valmonte’s Blue Period."

The Crashing Waves

"This piece is done with watercolor paints, showcasing an elaborate churn of seawaves at its crest. In a 

way, this painting invokes a relaxed atmosphere, as if it's been inspired by Sheng paintings of a similar theme. A piece 

within River Valmonte's Blue Period."

Blue Slightly Damaged

"This abstract watercolor piece invokes vivid memories of music, somehow - though the method isn't precisely 

clear. The splotches of paint on the canvas in varying hues can both soothe an onlooker but also entice 

them into action, depending on who looks at it! Part of River Valmonte's Blue Period."

Blue Moon

"This medium sized watercolor painting showcases careful strokes of the brush to reveal a moon resting 

hazily in the corner of the nightsky. Differing hues of blue paint help to lend the name of the painting. It 

provides comfort when one views it. A piece of work within River Valmonte's Blue Period."

As always, if you wish to purchase a piece or even attempt to make a custom request, either write to River directly, or find him within Meranthe at large!

As a note: These paintings will only be available until year’s end. Once the year is up, they will be gone forever! Buy while you can!

[Milly]

The Annual Paintathon

2111AC

After much turmoil during 2110AC, River has finally announced his next series: The Indigo Period.

Unfortunately due to his previous capture by Atrellyan forces, the number of offerings is fewer than before.

As a reminder: If you have a personal request, River will seek to attain it, though results will always vary based on inspiration and the artist’s eye. The cost remains 10,000 coins.

Note: He will not paint people.

The Indigo Period paintings are as follows:

Death in Indigo

"Death comes for all.

This is a thought that occurs again and again no matter how many times someone views this particular 

painting. It is completed in watercolor, specifically indigo, and it showcases a skeleton outstretched 

along the length of the canvas. A painting within River Valmonte's Indigo Period."

A Foggy River

"A watercolor painting of a river draped in clouds of fog done up in various hues of indigo. There's an eerie 

feeling that accompanies the painting, and yet also a sweet serenity and bliss as an after effect. A painting within 

River Valmonte's Indigo Period."

Dark Butterfly

"A butterfly painted in indigo watercolor. It's simplistic, and a far cry from the artist's usual works - but 

in its simplicity, there is a grace and beauty that goes unspoken. Like many of nature's 

works of art, it seems impossibly free. A painting within River Valmonte's Indigo Period."

Swirls of Art

"Intricate swirls done within watercolor is what sets this particular piece apart from other 

paintings. It's a work of art in an of itself, and its simple and abstract designs allows the viewer 

to take in many aspects of it. Usually whatever is the first to come up within their mind is what 

they could take for its meaning - but the view changes depending on who looks upon the canvas. A 

painting within River Valmonte's Indigo Period."

As always, if you wish to purchase a piece or even attempt to make a custom request, either write to River directly, or find him within Meranthe at large!

As a note: These paintings will only be available until year’s end. Once the year is up, they will be gone forever! Buy while you can!

[Milly]

The Annual Paintathon

2112AC

In order to not only celebrate the ending of the Rainbow Series of portraits, but also their 18th birthday, River has announced something different:

For the Violet Period, there will be an in person auction hosted!

Everyone is invited, as well as much money as one is willing to spend on a precious painting from the Valmonte collection.

The beginning bids will be listed below along with the paintings.

DATE: Friday, the 29th @ 6pm
The field North of Chuggums

Make sure to check back to view the rest of the works as they become available!

As a reminder: If you have a personal request, River will seek to attain it, though results will always vary based 

on inspiration and the artist’s eye. The cost remains 10,000 coins.

Note: They will not paint people.

The Violet Period paintings are as follows:

Strokes of Violet Genius

"The seemingly uncaring strokes of a paintbrush against this canvas has deposited differing shades of 

violet watercolor paint in a seemingly haphazard fashion. But - were they truly uncaring strokes?

The more one looks at this seemingly abstract piece of art, the more they're able to take in. The careful 

latitude based strokes give an eerie feeling, as if the painting is a curtain and all one needs to do is simply peel it back...

A painting within River Valmonte's Violet Period."

Starting Bid: 5,000 coins

Sunset at Violet

"A watercolor painting on a rather long canvas, depicting a sunset that occurs with various hues and 

shades of the color violet. As the sun sets it often casts a prism of colors against the clouds, and these 

colors can usually vary... Thankfully, for this painting, the artist has captured violet. A painting within River Valmonte's Violet Period."

Starting Bid: 15,000 coins

Hushed Static

"Do you hear that?

No, of course you don't. How foolish.

This watercolor painting has been brought to life with careful and precise taps of a paintbrush 

against a canvas. It betrays the shades of violet in all of their various glory. If you stare long 

enough at this painting, you feel yourself fall into a trance... White noise enters your head.

What? This is a painting within River Valmonte's Violet Period."

Starting Bid: 10,000 coins

The Lapping Shoreline

"This is a painting of a lapping shoreline of a lake, done in various shades of violet with watercolor 

based paints. One can swear that they hear the water's sound against the edge, coming in with 

the tide and going out with it, all in a careful balance with the moon above. A painting within River Valmonte's Violet Period."

Starting Bid: 5,000 coins

Impossible Forest of Nightmares

"The woods speak to you.

The woods haunt you.

The woods chase you.

Unlike other pieces, this one invokes fright beyond comprehension. Even if what you're 

afraid of doesn't exist, it pops into your mind when you view this painting for long.

It's done with watercolor paints in a violet coloration, with tall trees scraped 

out in black chiseled paint. A painting within River Valmonte's Violet Period."

Starting Bid: 15,000 coins

The Horizon Under Dawn
"Sometimes, there is no more beautiful idea than that of a misty horizon, where the light catches 
the clouds and the ground just right. To where everything feels to be at peace and serenity. This 
painting invokes that same feeling in a way and the more you gaze upon its watercolor hues of 
violet, the more you sink into relaxation. A painting within River Valmonte's Violet Period."
Starting Bid: 10,000 coins




Vanta Violet
"With this specific painting, the hues of the violet paint have been pushed to their
absolute limits, with the artist seeking to go as dark as possible without sacrificing the color.

This is the result: Vanta Violet!

The watercolor paint has bled into the canvas freely, and the strokes all
across it reinforces this point home. A painting within River Valmonte's Violet Period."
Starting Bid: 10,000 coins




Vanta Violet Part Deux
"A smaller companion piece to the original and larger Vanta Violet.

Like it's original, this smaller canvas covered in blotches of wet ultra-dark violet watercolor
aims to go even further beyond what was accomplished in the original. Darkness permeates
this canvas like a sponge that has been forced to clean up a terrible mess. A painting in River Valmonte's Violet Period."
Starting Bid: 5,000 coins




Violet Duality
"As a departure from the rest of the works within this period, this piece strikes a bold duality. On
one half of the canvas is violet watercolor pressed professionally in, with broad tantalizing
strokes, and on the other half there is but a single splash of violet paint that has run down
briefly before drying. Whatever this means is entirely up to the viewer: beware, however,
lest you get lost debating morality. A painting within River Valmonte's Violet Period."
Starting Bid: 5,000 coins

As a note: These paintings will only be available during the auction!. Once the auction is up, they will be gone forever! Buy while you can!

[Milly]

After much silence, there finally comes a quasi-announcement of the much anticipated works of the famed artist River Valmonte.
But instead of showcasing such art, there's only a poem and a single statement:

A flower was offer'd to me,
Such a flower as May never bore;
But I said 'I've a pretty Rose-tree,'
And I passed the sweet flower o'er.

Then I went to my pretty Rose-tree,
To tend her by day and by night,
But my Rose turn'd away with jealousy,
And her thorns were my only delight.



No doubt this ties into Frivida Valmonte's Talent Contest, for which the esteemed painter has signed up for.

[Milly]

Flyers are posted and spread via courier to every corner of Meranthe with a simple message and an invitation:




For those unable to read, as seems to be overly common within Meranthe, those couriers also announce the message:

You are cordially invited to River Valmonte’s

official art show and auction, being held within

Delphina’s Nemean Temple, as santificed by

the Lumin King, Camino de Caewynn.

Please take care to be respectful of the sacred

temple in which it will be held.

Those who violate this will be thrown out

accordingly.

DATE: Tuesday, May 7th @ 6pm EST