I make portraits where people lose themselves – dance floors, warehouse parties, places where light, shadow and sound collide. Every day I post. 19k see these instantly on Instagram. But some portraits want more. They escape my screen. Get lost in streets. End up on walls, choosing who finds them.
HOW THIS STARTED
I watched art die on screens. Gallery openings where no one looked at walls. Instagram where everything vanishes. Everyone scrolling, nobody moving.
So I started letting portraits escape. Corrupt them digitally first – breaking their perfection. Add technology that makes them respond to touch. Then they slip away while I’m working.
Once lost, they’re worth more than you’d think. But free to whoever finds them first.
THE TRANSFORMATION
Every city has future collectors who don’t know it yet. They think art is for others. For people with different postcodes. Different bank accounts. Different last names. I’m proving them wrong. One portrait at a time. One finder at a time.
Most finders never heard of SPEKTACLE. They just saw what others walked past. Noticed what didn’t belong. Stopped when everyone else kept going. The portrait chose them because they chose to look.
Your first real artwork shouldn’t be something you bought. It should be something you saw when nobody else was looking. Worth thousands. Cost nothing but attention.
The portraits wait for these people. The ones who still look up from their phones. Who investigate anomalies. Who trust their curiosity. They become collectors by accident. By paying attention. By choosing to see.
THE CHOICE
Based in London. Portraits escape when they’re ready. Building a community who search for real things. Who understand some art should be difficult to find.
Most people want art delivered to their phones. I do that daily. But for those who want to search, to find, to own something that chose them – the lost portraits are waiting. Not everyone will search. That’s fine. The portraits know who they’re waiting for.
PRIVATE ACCESS
Portraits escape free. Always will. But I accept collector inquiries for those who can’t search the streets. Sometimes galleries request editions. Sometimes custom works happen. Contact me.