Jesse Green - Chainsaw Sculpture Artist

In the November 2020 installment of Artist Spotlight, we put the spotlight on a man of many talents - chainsaw sculpture artist, author, motivational speaker, and musician Jesse Green! Here is an excerpt from Jesse’s Artist Spotlight.

Tell us about your art!

Thank you so much for asking! I can answer that in 4 parts: 

1- I’m a Master Chainsaw Sculptor (20+ years) working large-scale. I love to make giant, colorful landmarks, wild conversation starters and things that make people smile. Over the years I’ve been commissioned to create sculptures for celebrities, rock stars, foreign royalty, the military, corporations, universities, cities, towns, religious groups, art collectors, and so much more. I had my own Primetime worldwide television series on The National Geographic Channel called, American Chainsaw that we filmed here at my studio in Medway. As well as a worldwide commercial series for ESPN, The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. Vignettes for The WWE, commercials for Carhartt, ’47 Brand and others. I am the only person to ever hold the title The Official Chainsaw Sculptor of Husqvarna USA. I’ve been featured by nearly every major press outlet and entertainment industry publication in the country, including: The Washington Post, The New York Times, National Public Radio, The Boston Sunday Globe, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, IMDb, Funny OR DIE, The Boston Herald, Boston Magazine, Wood Magazine, The Wrestling Observer and many more. I’ve also appeared in books, in countless newspapers, television newscasts, radio shows and more. Online my work has gone viral several times over, viewed by millions and a top trend on Twitter.  

2- (My fav) I’m a Motivational Speaker! My show, CHAINSAWS, CHEESEBURGERS AND ROCK N’ ROLL- LIVE! has been drawing huge acclaim for years (especially at schools of all grade levels 1-12 and college.) It is a super-fast-paced, fun, funny, multi-media show with a message to inspire others to passionately chase their dreams. Proven to grab and hold the attention of even the hardest to reach.

3- I’m a (soon-to-be) author as my forthcoming trilogy book series also titled, CHAINSAWS, CHEESEBURGERS AND ROCK N’ ROLL (for adults and ages 15+) will begin rolling out next year!!!

4- I’m a musician. (29 years playing harmonica) The last 18 of which I’ve been a front-man for Earth’s Greatest Cover Band, Fevah Dream. (Which actually came 2nd timeline-wise, so really I probably should have listed it there... And actually, I suppose that makes this whole answer in 4 parts not 3... but... you get the idea.

What inspires you?

Honestly, as a professional sculptor I’m really inspired by money. (Kidding. But not really.) Of course, I am also hugely inspired by fun new opportunities, artistic challenges, the chance to do something no one’s ever seen before and the love of making people say; ‘Wow.’ But I’m VERY client-oriented. I like to be given an assignment, get the back-story behind it, get inspired from that, then execute. In other words, you tell me what you want and why, then from there I’ll create for you the greatest chainsaw sculpture you’ve ever seen. The sky’s the limit! Let’s do something amazing. Inspiration for hire if you will. However, when it comes to both the speaking and the books I am 100% inspired by just taking all the great fortune I’ve had in Art and trying to pay it forward by passing along my story to others. Because it truly is a story for anyone who’s ever had a dream to do anything! A story that proves absolutely ANYTHING in life is possible if you want it bad enough no matter the obstacles. I’m really inspired by the idea that my own struggles and lessons learned the hard way could help someone else. That by simply telling my story, somebody else could be saved an incalculable amount of time and frustration. Or maybe even give them the courage or that little extra push they might need to decide to chase their own dreams. CHAINSAWS, CHEESEBURGERS AND ROCK N’ ROLL is an unprecedented, unpredictable, highly-entertaining, roller coaster of honesty.