Oil Painting

Oil Painting forms a central part of LUAP’s practice, translating imagery developed through Photography into works that move between heightened realism and abstraction.

Figures and environments emerge with an almost photographic precision before dissolving into disrupted surfaces, expressive mark-making and shifts in colour and texture. Despite their photographic appearance, the works are entirely painted, allowing the tension between image and material to remain visible.

Often realised at significant scale, the Paintings transform real encounters into psychologically charged spaces in which memory, perception and emotion remain deliberately unresolved.

Princess Road, Painting, 2026, from the Coming To Town series

Princess Road

Coming To Town, 2026, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 250cm x 320cm, Painting

Golden Chips and The Three Bears, Painting, 2026, from the Feels Like Home series

Golden Chips and The Three Bears

Feels Like Home, 2026, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 244cm x 183cm, Painting

Le Café du Trop a.k.a Lobster Money, Painting, 2026, from the Coming To Town series

Le Café du Trop a.k.a Lobster Money

Coming To Town, 2026, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 244cm x 183cm, Painting

Deep Slumber, Painting, 2025, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Deep Slumber

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2025, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 124cm x 183cm, Painting

Oar to Oar with Silence, Painting, 2025, from the Feels Like Home series

Oar to Oar with Silence

Feels Like Home, 2025, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 76cm x 56cm, Painting

Where the Ripples Do Not Return, Painting, 2025, from the Feels Like Home series

Where the Ripples Do Not Return

Feels Like Home, 2025, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 76cm x 56cm, Painting

Rowing Toward a Place I Forgot, Painting, 2025, from the Feels Like Home series

Rowing Toward a Place I Forgot

Feels Like Home, 2025, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 183cm x 124cm, Painting

Rooted in the Flow, Painting, 2025, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Rooted in the Flow

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2025, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 183cm x 124cm, Painting

Foliage Mirror, Painting, 2025, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Foliage Mirror

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2025, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 183cm x 124cm, Painting

Big Whippy, Painting, 2025, from the Feels Like Home series

Big Whippy

Feels Like Home, 2025, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 124cm x 183cm, Painting

Hope, Painting, 2024, from the Coming To Town series

Hope

Coming To Town, 2024, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 183cm x 124cm, Painting

Dig My Sandy Grave Whilst I Eat This Melting Ice Cream, Painting, 2024, from the Feels Like Home series

Dig My Sandy Grave Whilst I Eat This Melting Ice Cream

Feels Like Home, 2024, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas, 183cm x 124cm, Painting

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Good Knight, Painting, 2024, from the My Little Pony series

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Good Knight

My Little Pony, 2024, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 183cm x 244cm, Painting

C'est N'es Pas Banana, Painting, 2022, from the The Pink Bear series

C'est N'es Pas Banana

The Pink Bear, 2022, Oil and Acrylic on Ply, 124cm x 184cm, Painting

The Struggle Is Real But The View From The Top Is Worth It, Painting, 2022, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

The Struggle Is Real But The View From The Top Is Worth It

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2022, Oil and Acrylic on Ply , 123cm, Painting

Sunshine Cycling, Painting, 2022, from the I Used To Be A Polar Bear series

Sunshine Cycling

I Used To Be A Polar Bear, 2022, Oil and Acrylic on Ply , 123cm, Painting

I Don't Always Recognise Myself, Painting, 2021, from the The Unconscious Therapy series

I Don't Always Recognise Myself

The Unconscious Therapy, 2021, Oil & Acrylic on Ply, 150cm x 150cm, Painting

In My Dreams I Can Be Anyone, Painting, 2021, from the The Unconscious Therapy series

In My Dreams I Can Be Anyone

The Unconscious Therapy, 2021, Oil & Acrylic on Ply, 100cm x 100cm, Painting

As Long As We Are Together Everything Will Be Ok, Painting, 2021, from the The Unconscious Therapy series

As Long As We Are Together Everything Will Be Ok

The Unconscious Therapy, 2021, Oil & Acrylic on Ply, 150cm x 150cm, Painting

One way Trip, Painting, 2021, from the The Unconscious Therapy series

One way Trip

The Unconscious Therapy, 2021, Oil and Acrylic on Ply, 183cm x 183, Painting

Not On This Planet, Painting, 2021, from the The Unconscious Therapy series

Not On This Planet

The Unconscious Therapy, 2021, Oil, Acrylic, Glitter and Resin on Ply, 183cm x 183, Painting

Happy Flowers, Painting, 2021, from the The Unconscious Therapy series

Happy Flowers

The Unconscious Therapy, 2021, Oil & Acrylic on Ply, 183cm x 183, Painting

Searching Through My Memories, Painting, 2021, from the The Unconscious Therapy series

Searching Through My Memories

The Unconscious Therapy, 2021, Oil & Acrylic on Ply, 274cm x 183cm, Painting

There’s Always A Place In My Mind For You, Painting, 2021, from the The Unconscious Therapy series

There’s Always A Place In My Mind For You

The Unconscious Therapy, 2021, Oil & Acrylic on Ply, 150cm x 150cm, Painting

The Colourful Forest, Painting, 2015, from the Lone Soldiers series

The Colourful Forest

Lone Soldiers, 2015, Oil, Acrylic & Screen Print on Canvas, 184cm x 123cm, Painting

A fine art painting of a tree using bright coloured oil paint.

Me & My Shadow, Painting, 2015, from the The Heroes Journey series

Me & My Shadow

The Heroes Journey, 2015, Oil, Acrylic & Screen Print on Canvas, 306cm x 153cm, Painting

A fine art painting of a pink bear walking in an unfamiliar space. Painted using acrylics.

Tottenham Marshes, Painting, 2010, from the Lone Soldiers series

Tottenham Marshes

Lone Soldiers, 2010, Oil, Acrylic & Screen Print on Canvas, 184cm x 123cm, Painting

Exhibitions & Projects