Lessware is an oil painter based in South London.

In a style that closely resembles Abstract Expressionism, he uses gestural marks, brushstrokes and trickles of charcoal to create deeply textured surfaces.

Lessware says "I don?t do preliminary sketches; it all takes place on the canvas and develops there. I practice life drawing and painting every week and I would guess that this practice feeds into my abstract images."

In July 2010, one of his paintings, ?New Rose?, was used by Carcanet Press as the cover for a book of poetry by Gregory Woods, entitled "An Ordinary Dog".