Bulldog gravitas, poodle distraction and a Chihuahua with plenty to say. Eight exuberant canine portraits use high-acid colours and exaggerated painted effects to celebrate dogs at their least dignified.
Mark Nicoll creates AI-derived art. For Gold of the Nile, he developed portraits of Cleopatra, Anubis, Isis and Osiris with OpenAI image generation, combining Gustav Klimt-inspired ornament with a palette-knife impasto effect.
Mark Nicoll, 2026
A brightly coloured bulldog faces the viewer with a solemn, comically vacant expression. Duke gives an ordinary moment more importance than it probably deserves.
Mark Nicoll, 2026
An orange and violet dachshund sits against cyan, its head tilted above short legs. A simple instruction appears to have become a complicated problem.
Mark Nicoll, 2026
A lime and coral poodle with an extravagant rounded topknot looks sideways against violet. The posture is dignified; the attention has wandered.
Mark Nicoll, 2026
An electric blue and pink border collie looks upward, one ear raised, against yellow. Intense concentration does not necessarily mean a thought has arrived.
Mark Nicoll, 2026
A neon orange and turquoise boxer grins against magenta with an awkward lip and a strand of drool. The executive is delighted to be here and has brought no useful paperwork.
Mark Nicoll, 2026
An Afghan hound peers sideways through long violet and yellow hair against cobalt. Luxurious bewilderment is treated as a perfectly respectable state of mind.
Mark Nicoll, 2026
A large acid-coloured Great Dane lies with its paws stretched out beside a tiny, animated Chihuahua. The difference in size does little to settle who is in charge.
Mark Nicoll, 2026
A neon collie, boxer and dachshund line up while looking in different directions. Three witnesses appear remarkably reluctant to give an account.
Free to view, in 3D or here. TAG does not sell artwork: a shop button takes you to Mark Nicoll’s own shop, after a notice.
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