Every painting starts with my hands
AI can now produce an “abstract painting” in seconds, and online, it’s getting harder to tell what’s real. So I want to be clear about my work.
Every painting you see on this website was painted by me, by hand, on canvas. I don’t use AI at any stage: not to come up with ideas, not to plan compositions, and not to finish or tidy anything up. There’s no sketch and no digital mock-up either. Each piece starts as a blank canvas and gets built up layer by layer, with acrylics, texture paste, palette knives, scrapers and whatever else feels right on the day.
That process leaves marks you can’t fake. Raised ridges of paste, scraped-back areas where an earlier colour shows through, and metallic and iridescent paints that catch the light differently as you walk past. Some paintings take days, others take weeks, and a few have been painted over completely and started again.
Where the prints come from
The prints I sell are only of my priginal art. Each original painting is professionally scanned at very high resolution, and that scan is what’s printed. The only adjustments are for colour-balancing to get the colours as close to the painting as possible. Nothing is generated, invented or “enhanced” by AI.
So every print is a faithful, authorised copy of a painting that exists, hangs on a wall somewhere, and that I spent a long time getting right.
Come and see for yourself
The best proof is the paintings themselves. I show my work in galleries, art fairs and public spaces, and I’d love you to see it in person. Close up, you’ll see every layer and every mark. See where I’m exhibiting next.
Certificates of authenticity
Every original painting has a digital certificate of authenticity from MarkMy, which you’ll find linked on the painting’s page. It’s a permanent online record of the work, so anyone can check it’s genuine.
When a painting sells, I also sign a physical certificate for the buyer, confirming it as my original, one-of-a-kind work.
Protecting my work
My paintings are protected by copyright, and they may not be used to train AI models or to create AI-generated images. You can read more in our Copyright & Intellectual Property Policy.
If you have any questions about how a piece was made, I’m always happy to talk about it. Get in touch.
