Art Blog #52

Copyright - Quick Bio

Copyright decided to study photography and video production at his local college. It was here he discovered a seemingly limitless supply of art materials he could ‘borrow’ to create his own paintings. It was soon after he had his own eureka moment when he realised he could turn his photographs into paintings by creating stencils. When his source of free supplies finally dried up he turned to the streets as a new free canvas. It was in this very public domain that his work began getting noticed and it wasn’t long before his first showing at a gallery.

Many years later with no formal art training or qualifications he is continuously experimenting and pushing his work forward, mixing new materials and techniques with his trademark style with the resulting paintings being as much fine art as street art. Over the last decade and a half Copyright has been invited to show his work worldwide including solo shows in London, Chicago and Tokyo.

He was asked to design the cover of Reload Magazine to go alongside a feature about his art, as well as pieces in Harpers Bazaar, Teen Vogue and Modart amongst others. He was featured on Series 8 of the BBC show ‘The Apprentice’.

His highly stylised work and unique style has proven popular with both national and international collectors including a number of celebrities and Premier League footballers.

Paul writes:

'I have admired and collected the art of Copyright for many years for a number of reasons, his street art is unique, technically very good, and colourful and he has been able to create originals and limited edition prints that reflects his street art.

His art is accessible to the general public and he has, over the years, been true to his art.

And his art is colourful, very colourful and in a world which is sometimes dark and depressing he brings a splash of joyful colour celebrating the female form with his unique and inimitable style.'

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