Scratchy Bunny Man (A3 Poster Print)

If you liked any of the mini oil paintings/sketches from my 2020 ‘100 Paintings in 12 Months Project’ you might be interested to know that I’ve had some of my favourite ones made into A3-sized poster prints.

'Scratchy Bunny Man', A3-sized poster print by artist Wayne Chisnall

As with most of paintings from this series, Scratchy Bunny Man was painted directly onto the painting’s surface (in this case, a small block of strand board) without any preliminary drawings or much in the way of me knowing what I was about to paint from the moment that I applied paintbrush to paint. I found this form of automatic painting very liberating and a fruitful creative exercise. It not only revealed new ideas and characters to me, but it also allowed me to be more experimental with the way I applied paint.

'Scratchy Bunny Man', A3-sized poster print by artist Wayne Chisnall

There are more poster prints to come and all of them are priced at £20 each with free postage. If you’d like one just DM me or drop me an email at waynechisnall@yahoo.co.uk

The prints are printed on glossy, heavy-duty 300gsm paper, with digital inks that give a silk finish. One of things I especially like about these prints is that, in areas, you can see flecks of highlights and shadows where from where the paint was more thickly applied on the original painting.

Chained Heart

Following on from my earlier post about Thames finds, I thought I would share this one with you. I discovered it whilst mudlarking on the South Bank of the River Thames, and it appears to be a conglomerate of old rusty chains, bits of rock, glass, and congealed London clay.

 

'Chained Heart', found object, artist Wayne Chisnall

I coated it in wax to help preserve it and to enhance the rich dark colours. It’s one of those objects that fits comfortably in your hand, seems to reek of history, and feels like it wants to tell you its story. I also love the way that it’s vaguely heart-shaped.

Bride of Frankenstein (A3 Poster Print)

I hope you like my little tribute to the actor Elsa Lanchester with this, my new A3-sized poster print based upon one of my small oil sketches of her in the role of The Bride of Frankenstein. In the 1935 horror movie, directed by James Whale, Boris Karloff reprised his role of the monster (from the 1931 film, Frankenstein) whilst Elsa played the monster’s less than enthusiastic bride.

'Bride of Frankenstein' A3-sized poster print by artist Wayne Chsnall

There are more poster prints to come and all of them are priced at £20 each with free postage. If you’d like one just DM me or drop me an email at waynechisnall@yahoo.co.uk

The prints are printed on glossy, heavy-duty 300gsm paper, with digital inks that give a silk finish. One of things I especially like about these prints is that, in areas, you can see flecks of highlights and shadows where from where the paint was more thickly applied on the original painting.

'Bride of Frankenstein' A3-sized poster print by artist Wayne Chsnall

Thames Flame

As I’m sure you know, I’m a big fan of the found object, and am keen to use found/recycled materials in much of my work. Most of the time, I heavily manipulate the materials in order to create the sculptures I want, but occasionally I’ll just combine two different forms together, letting their juxtaposition tell the story. Even though it sometimes feels like cheating, with these Minimal Intervention Sculptures, it’s usually the case that less is more.

 

'Thames Flame', found object sculpture, Wayne Chisnall

However, every so often I’ll find an object that is so perfect as it is that it requires on intervention at all (except maybe a good, preserving coating of wax), as was the case with this lovely piece of wood that I found whilst mudlarking along the Thames in London. I have no idea how many decades or even hundreds of years it might have lay in the river, but it looks as though the flow of silty water has slowly carved the wood, wearing away the softer parts of the grain, in order to reveal what to my eye looks like a flame caught in a strong breeze.

 

As the saying goes, ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’, and I see beauty in this piece of nature-carved art. I’m not sure what to name it. I’m torn between ‘Eternal Flame’, ‘Sacred Flame’, or just plain ‘Thames Flame’. Any thoughts?

The Monster (A3 Print)

If you liked any of the mini oil paintings/sketches from my 2020 ‘100 Paintings in 12 Months Project’ you might be interested to know that I’ve had some of my favourite ones made into A3-sized poster prints.

 

'The Monster' by Wayne Chisnall, A3-sized poster print on heavy stock 300gsm paper

So far, there are 7 different prints available. I’ll post about the others soon, but for now I’d like to introduce you to probably my favourite of the bunch, ‘The Monster’. This is my take on the creature from the Mary Shelley classic, ‘Frankenstein’. In this painting, I hoped to capture some of the mournful or melancholic quality that I feel the Monster imbues. Whether it be through the black and white horror movies of the 1930s (which I so loved as a child, but which now seem so slow paced and hard to watch) or through Shelley’s poignant writing in the original novel, I always sympathised (and probably identified) more with the monster. In this piece, I worked quite quickly, using rough, gestural strokes, trying to echo the way that the monster in the novel was probably created; roughly and without much forethought for aesthetics or beauty.

 

'The Monster' by Wayne Chisnall, A3-sized poster print on heavy stock 300gsm paper

The prints are printed on glossy, heavy-duty 300gsm paper, with digital inks that give a silk finish. One of the things I especially like about these prints is that, in areas, you can see flecks of highlights and shadows where from where the paint, in the original painting, was more thickly applied to the work's surface.

 

All of the prints are £20 each with free postage. If you’d like one, just DM me or drop me an email at waynechisnall@yahoo.co.uk

Leaminster Spa Open 2024

Sharon Griffin and I are delighted to have had our sculpture, ‘Bound’, shortlisted for the 2024 Leamington Spa Open. We dropped it off at the gallery a couple of days ago and are keeping our fingers crossed that it will be selected.

 

Wayne Chisnall & Sharon Griffin with 'Bound' at Leamington Spa Gallery & Museum

Along with several other of mine and Sharon’s sculptures (from our ‘Unlockdown’ art collaboration), ‘Bound’ had previously been exhibited at the Crafts Council’s Collect art fair at Somerset House in London, from when Sharon and I had been selected to take part through the Collect Open.

 

'Bound', a ceramic and textile collaboration between artists Wayne Chisnall and Sharon Griffin

Last seen in 2022, the Leamington Spa Open has been a regular and popular feature of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum’s programme since the 1930s.