Capturing Life - Past, Present, and Wild.

Explore Tony Karpinski’s evolving body of work: hyper-real wildlife paintings, atmospheric modern-day London scenes, and a new series that re-imagines the city’s post-war spirit.

View fullsize Shadows in the streets, laughter in the night. Hand-stitched costumes, paper lanterns, painted masks. A flicker of innocence mixed with unease — the strange joy of being frightened together. #halloween #vintagehalloween #retroaesthetic #aiart
View fullsize The East End swagger never dies. Loud trousers, louder laughs. Dogs at their heels, beer in their hands, guns in the alleys, and stories that outlived them all. This was brotherhood. This was gangster life. #eastend #gangsterlife #britishhistory #s
View fullsize 🚨 Website now live 🚨 My first collection of one-of-one prints is available today. There are 5 unique prints ready to buy now — once they’re gone, they’re gone. Available now: – Superman Kid – Street Dreams – Pa
View fullsize ‘ a pretty lady, a dog, and a cuppa ‘ A cup of tea, a cigarette, a kiss blown into the street air… Dogs at our feet, stories inked on our skin, laughter in the city hum. Sometimes beauty is this simple. #streetportrait #caf&eacu
View fullsize The rooftops have always had their secrets. A boy, a ladder, and a cat clinging to the edge. No one else up there, just them — between the sky and the city’s smoke. Sometimes rescue is just two souls finding each other where no one else d
View fullsize ‘ Guardians of the Innocent ‘ Among the rubble and rust, loyalty stands tall. Dogs — the silent defenders, unshakable, unbreakable. Children — fragile, pure, carried through the chaos. Together, they are the old story retold:
View fullsize ✨ Sometimes the prettiest flowers grow through concrete. Sometimes the softest things grow from the hardest places. A girl in a dress, tattoos etched like stories on her skin, dogs at her side, boys at her hands, spinning between rubble and rooftops
View fullsize ‘ Just a boy, his dog and a dream ‘ He wakes in the quiet with his best friend at his side. He feeds him, cares for him, plays with him. They jump, they climb, they dare. In the alleys, on the rooftops, among the bricks and mud —
View fullsize Two mates. A laugh, a row, a pint, a handshake. This is brotherhood — messy, loud, unbreakable 👊❤️ #eastendlads #brotherhood #workingclassheroes #ladslife #pubculture #1950slondon #londonlife #matesforlife #tattoohistory #docklandslife #bestm
View fullsize East End Girls. Tough as the cobbles, bright as their socks. They laughed louder than the market cries, smoked sharper than the men who raised them, and wore their colours like banners of defiance. The horses, the dogs, the smoke, the grit — al
View fullsize ‘ The Garden of England ‘ London kids of another time — cheek, grit and mischief written on their faces. The streets raised them, the laughter kept them, and the smoke of the old world lingers still. Fragments of lives you almost
View fullsize They were young kings of the backstreets, tattoos like armour, laughing in the smoke of their own rebellion. the dogs and horses knew their names, and the pubs held their shadows long after closing time. #vintagegang #londonstreets #streetgangsters
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Superman Kid (1/1) Superman Kid (1/1)
Superman Kid (1/1)
£97.00
Fur and Firepower (1/1) Fur and Firepower (1/1)
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Fur and Firepower (1/1)
£97.00
The Watchful Dog The Watchful Dog
The Watchful Dog
£9,950.00

One artist, three worlds - capturing life through light, realism, and imagination.

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Modern London, Wildlife, and the city’s past - three worlds united by Tony Karpinski’s pursuit of realism and emotion.

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1/1 Prints

Limited Edition AI Series
Each piece in Tony’s AI London collection is a one-of-one print, individually produced and never reprinted. A fusion of storytelling and technology - capturing the nostalgia and spirit of old London. When it’s gone, it’s gone.

London Originals

Modern Cityscapes in Oil
A series of expressive yet realistic London scenes - from rain-soaked pavements to quiet moments of reflection. Each painting is rooted in Tony’s own reference photography and deep love for the city.

Wildlife Originals

Hyper-Real Oil Paintings
Tony’s signature collection of fine-art oil paintings, inspired by years of travel and observation. Every detail is painted from his own photography - a celebration of realism, patience, and the natural world.