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- Below are some photos and images that detail a selection of the larger, more traditional format spray-paintings that I have produced.

The spray-paintings are created on hand-crafted cradled wooden panels, and are mostly now in private collections.

I am showing here the finished abstract paintings, the printed work stencils as well as some of the final work drawings -

Thanks for exploring, WS.

The original paper artwork for 'Melting Houses' which was printed and converted into a spray-paint stencil.

🔼 work drawing...painting 🔽

🔼 🔼melting houses

An angled detailed photo of the surface of my spray painting titled 'Leisure'. a spray painting titled ‘leisure’ with spray painted carpet details. stencilled onto handmade wooden cradled panel. abstract colourful spray painting ttled leisre hanging in artists studio. spray paint cans on the floor.

🔼 🔼 🔼 leisure

- leisure is 'a bit' of a mixed media piece as i added fibre circles to the surface of the varnish..spray painted of course! -

Abstract spray-painting on a cradled wooden panel, depicting eyes, a gold disc and fluid spills on a graduated back ground. An abstract spray painted panel with colourful shapes and a gold metallic disc on a blue background by artist WallShapes.

🔼 🔼pop(s).

- one of the benefits of working with spray-paints is them having the inbuilt speciality lines such as metallics, fluorescents, glitters and glows amongst others. it's also achievable to mix colours for the exact shade you want by introducing drifts of colours onto the top of other colours on the surface of the painting itself! -

The paper stencil of a colorful abstract artwork of hands,hair and a crown on a blue background. Spray painting 'Let Go' during painting, detailing the stencil blocking off process of the finished background.

🔼🔼original drawing + getting spray-painted..

🔽🔽...the finished painting

A spray painting on a wooden panel, hands, crown, cuffs, letting go! Colorful art piece with light dots a crown and hands on a textured surface. close up detail of raw and gloss spray paints. spray painting ‘let go!’

🔼let go

- i like the raw, rough, paint on the smooth polished background. it's about a figure who's just started to 'let go' -

An abstract spray painting titled Power on a handmade cradled wooden panel. colourful and decorative. If i varnish a painting it's usually applied very thickly and then sanded and polished to a smooth gloss finish afterwards. A detailed close up of an abstract spray painting titled 'Power' on a handmade cradled wooden panel. A Colourful and decorative art-piece by artist WallShapes.

🔼🔼🔼power

- spray-paints can be ideal for manipulating the surface texture. here i built the paint up fairly thickly in places and then applied a thick varnish layer which i carefully wet-sanded flat, exposing layers of paint and also achieving a degraded and eroded paint appearance in the image, which i like very much! i then applied a really good polish to achieve a rich fine finish -

Spray painting of 8 abstract canary birds on a blue background with green edge boarder. 🔼🔼canaries

Spray painting titled The Picnic(at the end of time) A large stencilled abstract spray painting titled 'The Picnic at the End of Time' detail of surface textures. Surface detail of a large stencilled abstract spray painting titled 'The Picnic at the End of Time' photographed in WallShapes Warwickshire studios. 🔼🔼🔼the picnic (at the end of time)...

spray painted panel with digital surround

A large abstract panel spray painting with an abstract image of two face to face swimmers. With spray paint cans underneath, displayed in my studio.

🔼🔼the swimmers (spit-string)

the artist's interpretation of the swimmers :

"Simple maps turning our everyday pleasures into mournful regrets. Crisp lines lay lazy like a creamy summers tennis match, emotions overflow, push and pull, in this watery overture to a crumpled summer with comfortable soft throws on a mysterious patio."

Original version of 'The Blue Wave' final work drawing, to be multi page printed and used as a stecil for a spray painting. 🔼work drawing...finished painting🔽

colourful spray painting on a cradled panel. standing on the artists studios floor.

🔼 the blue wave

Colorful abstract art piece with a pink and red shape on a multicolored background

🔼stencil....painting🔽

🔼venus/mary/mother.

this is one of the first spray-painted wooden panels that i made, and going from large scale pieces to much more compact ones and limiting the paint bleeds and under-sprays was a steep learning curve, but it was worth persevering -

...more later...

many thanks for looking, ws.