Detail

The Great Redwall Feast by Brian Jacques, illustrated by Christopher Denise

Detail from interior art included in The Great Redwall Feast written by Brian Jacques.

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Field studies

My collaborator in life and books has been spending some time in The Lake District. She sent me some and wonderful photographs of the Beatrix Potter estate and land-trust. Looking at them I remembered that I had a bunch of nature drawings in various sketchbooks that I filled while preparing to illustrate the Redwall picture books. Potter has been and remains a huge influence in my work.

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Original art from The Great Redwall Feast by Brian Jacques for sale.

ORIGINAL ART SALE ALERT!
This pastel painting featuring Ambrose Spike of Redwall just posted on my Etsy shop. This is the actual illustration(not a print) that was used for reproduction in the Great Redwall Feast written by Brian Jacques. A great piece for the Redwall collector.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/67516644/the-great-redwall-feast-ambrose-spike?ref=listing-shop-header-0

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Redwall art

Getting this Redwall painting ready to offer at my ETSY shop. I love drawing otters!

Original Redwall art available at my ETSY shop today!

          This large pastel painting was one of the first that I created while illustrating The Great Redwall Feast (Philomel Books, 1996). I remember trying to create a sense of discovery, much as we do when reading Brian's first Redwall novel. Tucked into Mossflower woods on two sides, the meadow and the great road on the others, we see Redwall for the first time! This book and image pre-date the animated series by several years. This view of Redwall would be from the south. This small party of woodland characters is probably returning from St. Ninian's. 

       The finished art area measures approximately 13 inches x 16 inches, roughly 133% larger than the reproduction in the book.

See the listing at:https://www.etsy.com/listing/67279767/discover-redwall-abbey?ref=listing-shop-header-0

Are you a fan of Redwall and collect original art?

Is this the piece you were looking for? If you collect original art and are a fan of my Redwall picturebooks, leave me a comment and let me know which piece you are looking for! If it is still available, I will put it on the list to post at ETSY.

Redwall Abbey Detail

Finally starting to unpack a few boxes. A detail from some Redwall original art featured at ETSY.

New art at ETSY!

Detail from a piece now available at Christopher Denise Original Art!

New art at ETSY!

From The Great Redwall Feast by Brian Jacques.