Redwall Poster avaialbale at my Etsy Shop!

Poster available at my ETSY shop. Image (detail shown) from "A Redwall Winters Tale"

A limited number of this small size Redwall poster are now available at my Etsy shop!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/christopherdenise

They are signed as I receive orders and I can include a short inscription.

Poster available at my ETSY shop. Image from "A Redwall Winters Tale"

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Detail from A Redwall Winters Tale by Brian Jacques, Philomel Books

The Traveling Thistledown Troupe head to Redwall on Autumn’s final day.

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New listing of original Redwall art at my ETSY shop.

Detail from A Redwall Winters Tale by Brian Jacques,
illustrated by Christopher Denise

Detail from A Redwall Winters Tale by Brian Jacques,
illustrated by Christopher Denise

Original art from A Redwall Winters Tale by Brain Jacques,
illustrated by Christopher Denise.
For sale at https://www.etsy.com/shop/christopherdenise

Can’t wait for the snow? This large pastel painting from A Redwall Winters Tale is now listed and available at my Etsy store.

This is the original art (not a print) that I created for my second picture book with Brian Jacques. 

Winter is coming-check it out! https://www.etsy.com/shop/christopherdenise

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Redwall fan? Original, one of a kind, Redwall art for sale.

A detail from the Redwall art listed in my ETSY shop.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/267553700/the-creatures-of-redwall-sleep?ref=listing-shop-header-2

Autumns final day at Redwall Abbey

Autumn at Redwall Abbey

A little autumn for The Redwall fans.
When I began work on A Redwall Winters Tale, I created a series of very small thumbnail sketches immediately after my first read through. This image came directly from one of those sketches. 
I have included a jpeg of the image as it appears in the book with Brian's wonderful poem. I remember that he read that poem to me over the phone and I knew what he wanted-how he wanted the piece to feel. I think it came from a shared appreciation of this particular time of day and season.
The Thistledown troupe and stray travelers of Mossflower are making their inside the gates of Redwall Abbey where the lanterns are lit and the fires are already burning. The warmth and smell of cooking welcomes the weary travelers inside as the light slips up the mighty walls and great bell tower. 
This original art is currently available, though probably not for long, at my Etsy shop.

Two new listings of original Redwall Art now available at my ETSY shop!

New listings-check them out!

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/christopherdenise?ref=listing-shop-header-item-count

Remembering and Giving, We Art Boston.

Redwall Original Art for benefit auction

I spent part of this afternoon unpacking a shipping crate containing several large works from a book a made with my old friend Brian Jacques. It had been a few years since I looked at some of these large pastel paintings created for  A Redwall Winters Tale. As I peeled back the layers of wrapping and foam core, memories of my late friend and our work together rushed in. All of them good, but I do miss him.

This unpacking was not just an exercise in nostalgia but for a very good cause, one that I know Brian would have appreciated and undoubtedly supported. Friends and former teaching colleagues from RISD have banded together in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing to create "We Art Boston".

"We Art Boston" is a fundraiser/auction of children's book art to benefit Boston Children's Hospital. Online auction opens Oct. 10. Family event Oct. 20 in Boston. They are the real deal and all the folks involved in this drive are in it for all the right reasons. Please take a moment to like their page and share with your friends and family.

More information and events here: https://www.facebook.com/weartboston?hc_location=timeline

I appreciate it, and I know that Brian would as well. This one is for the kids at the hospital and to you my friend.

Redwall Original Art

I try to post new art on Fridays but I had a moment to get this one posted. Enjoy and please share!

"This large scale portrait of Hypericum Hadduck Hare was created for pages 18-19 of A Redwall Winters Tale by Brian Jacques and published by Philomel Books in 2001. Hypericum was the leader of the rag tag group of minstrels and clowns named The Thistle Down Troupe. I jumped at the opportunity to research the costumes for this Shakespearian, slightly down on his heels, but still larger than life character. I think I could have created another whole book just focused on the troupe!
This is the original pastel and charcoal painting and it is quite large. I was creating all the artwork at 133% of the reproduction size. The live art area measures 13 1/2" high and 12 1/2" wide."