I ask AI how to paint famous artworks and then ignore its instructions. Instead, I paint the words it churns out using a laborious, time-consuming process designed to oppose AI’s mechanized efficiency: slow, imperfect and fully human.

acrylic painting of text on canvas
Untitled 7 (Below The Sky, A Village). 2026.
Mixed media acrylic on wood. 28x36cm
Untitled 6 (Fast Skull). 2026.
Acrylic and copper on canvas. 30x40cm
Untitled 5 (Twombly). 2026.
Acrylic, charcoal and gold on canvas. 30x40cm
Untitled 11 (Bands of Color, Second State). 2026.
Acrylic, charcoal, crayon and gold on canvas. 30x40cm
Untitled 14 (Damp Broken Vertical Marks). 2026.
Acrylic, copper and gold on canvas. 50x60cm
acrylic painting of words on canvas
Untitled 10 (Trapezoids). 2026.
Acrylic and copper on canvas. 50x60cm
Square painting of text on canvas
Untitled 15 (Large Upper Right Rectangle Red). 2026.
Acrylic on canvas. 18x18cm
red painting, red words on red background, Prompt Painting by Bill Sawalich
Untitled 16 (Red). 2026.
Acrylic on canvas. 36x46cm
blue painting, blue words on blue background, Prompt Painting by Bill Sawalich
Untitled 17 (Blue). 2026.
Acrylic on canvas. 36x46cm
green painting, green words on green background, Prompt Painting by Bill Sawalich
Untitled 18 (Green). 2026.
Acrylic on canvas. 36x46cm
acrylic paint words on canvas painting
Untitled 2 (Liebespaar, Second State). 2026.
Mixed media acrylic on canvas. 30x40cm
acrylic painting stencil words on canvas
Untitled 3 (The A Stands for Artificial). 2026. Acrylic, charcoal and crayon on canvas. 30x40cm
acrylic painting words on canvas
Untitled 12 (Saint Francis). 2026.
Acrylic, charcoal and gold on canvas. 50x60cm

Projects
Larpers
My House at Night
Quarantine Photo Diary
Billstagram
Typologies
Sprawl
Prompt Paintings