Jonathan Wain - Box Paradox - No Reserve - XL

Artist: Jonathan Wain

Title of artwork: Box Paradox

Year: 2025

Technique: Acrylic, Spray Paint, and Oil Stick on Canvas

Signature: Hand-signed and dated by the artist (bottom right: 'JW 25')

Condition: Excellent, mint condition

Total Dimensions: 100 × 73 cm

"Box Paradox" is a powerful, highly-charged example of contemporary post-graffiti neo-expressionism by Jonathan Wain. Created in 2025, this piece perfectly embodies the artist's signature blending of the playful with the primal, using a raw, intuitive visual language that feels as though it was pulled straight from the subconscious.

The composition utilizes a striking, layered texture combining the soft gradient mist of spray paint, bold acrylic colour blocking, and the urgent, gestural lines of an oil stick. Set against an energetic backdrop of electric pink and deep azure blue, the canvas features dreamlike archetypal figures—including classical columns, distorted characters, a central white-masked figure outlined in vivid purple, and surreal, repeating red tomatoes with bright green stems.

Wain introduces an intense psychological tension to the piece, contrasting mundane, pop-art grocery motifs like tomatoes with a sense of guarded mythic history and urban graffiti elements. It is a brilliant statement piece for any collector of urban, street, or contemporary abstract art.

Provenance: Directly acquired from the artist's studio.

A Certificate of Authenticity (COA) signed by Jonathan Wain will be included.

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Frame not included

Jonathan Wain is a contemporary British artist based in Spain whose work combines influences from street art, graffiti, pop art and abstract expressionism. Originally trained in Fine Art Sculpture at Manchester Metropolitan University between 1993 and 1996, he later turned his focus to painting, developing a distinctive visual language rooted in layered imagery and expressive mark-making.

Working primarily with acrylic and spray paint, Wain creates vivid, multi-layered compositions that often explore themes of myth, memory, conflict and transformation. His paintings blend spontaneous gesture with symbolic imagery, producing works that feel both playful and psychologically charged.