"Cric-art" by Jack Russell

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"Cric-art": England cricketers unveil first ever painting on a giant canvas of cricket bats for Brit Insurance National Cricket Day

The worlds of cricket and art collided at Lord's today (13 June). Former England wicket keeper turned professional artist Jack Russell unveiled the first ever oil painting created on a canvas of cricket bats at the Home of Cricket.
The Chance to Shine charity commissioned Russell to create the unique piece of 'Cric-art' to celebrate its flagship event, 'Brit Insurance National Cricket Day', on 23 June where thousands of schoolchildren will take part in cricket-themed activity.
Chance to Shine is the biggest grass-roots sport development programmes ever undertaken in Britain. The scheme, run by the Cricket Foundation charity, helps link cricket clubs to local state schools and aims, initially, to reach two million children in a third of state schools by 2015.

Working on a giant canvas of 36 full-size Slazenger bats, joined together in two rows of 18 - measuring 6ft 4in by 5ft 5in and weighing 130lbs - Russell has painted a quintessentially English village cricket scene, celebrating the sport that he loves. The painting took Russell around 100 hours to complete over a three week period, using a dozen tubes of paint. It is an amalgamation of the many local cricket grounds he has seen over his 25 years of professional painting.

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• Chance to Shine
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