LAYLA (Original)
This painting sits at the intersection of human authorship and machine generation. Developed over many months, the work emerged through an extended exchange with a text-to-image AI programme, where written prompts were repeatedly refined, challenged, and redirected. One generated image was then selected, subtly reworked, and translated into oil paint.
Rather than replicating the digital source, the final painting reasserts human decision-making, interpretation, and control. The figure becomes both subject and symbol - a reflection of how AI absorbs and mirrors societal stereotypes, while remaining entirely shaped by the intent of the person directing it. The act of painting slows the process, introducing judgement, resistance, and nuance back into an otherwise automated system.
The colour palette carries a quiet secondary reading. Greens and reds reference the watermelon, used here as a subtle gesture of support for ceasefire and peace in Palestine and Israel. This symbolism is intentionally understated, embedded within the visual language rather than declared.
Executed in oil on Italian linen, the work balances technical precision with conceptual restraint, questioning authorship, agency, and responsibility in an age of machine-assisted image making - without relinquishing the painter’s hand.
Material: Oil on Italian Linen
Size: Unframed 45 x 35cm
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