Jonathan Wain - Ghost Pegasus Vineyard Destroyer - No Reserve - XL

Jonathan Wain

Ghost Pegasus Vineyard Destroyer

Acrylic and spray paint on unstretched canvas

97 x 117 cm

2026

'Ghost Pegasus Vineyard Destroyer' is a powerful, chaotic contemporary work by Jonathan Wain that seamlessly merges urban street art techniques with mythological and pastoral imagery. Executed on a large, unstretched canvas, the piece carries a raw, immediate energy that rejects traditional framing. Wain utilizes a vibrant but unsettling palette dominated by a hazy neon yellow, deep purples, stark blacks, and shocking, dripping streaks of blood-red to create a scene that is both captivating and deeply disruptive.

A massive, abstracted equine form, the "Ghost Pegasus" dominates the upper and central portions of the canvas in a cloud of spray-painted yellow. Rather than a majestic, classical creature, this Pegasus is rendered with fractured, skeletal black lines, a hollow eye, and bared teeth, evoking a spectral and menacing presence. The creature actively rains destruction down upon the landscape, emphasized by two distinct, dripping channels of bright red acrylic that cut vertically through the centre of the composition, suggesting open wounds or a violent tearing of the scene itself.

The bottom third of the canvas depicts the fractured vineyard under siege. Bunches of rich purple grapes, some tightly clustered, others dissolving into long, vertical drips, are juxtaposed against sharp, geometric patches of green foliage. The organic beauty of the harvest is actively being overtaken and trampled by aggressive, swirling black and purple spray paint lines.

Wain masterfully balances the loose, atmospheric qualities of aerosol with the thick, intentional weight of acrylic paint to give the artwork a highly kinetic feel. The entire composition moves violently between the heavy, dark forms anchoring the top corners and the chaotic destruction unfolding below, capped off by the artist's distinctive "JW 26" tag in neon green in the bottom right corner.

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.