Yet his illustrious artistic career had humble beginnings. My Dog Sighs started creating art in the early 2000s while working full time as a primary school teacher.
Rather than trying to cash in on his early artistic creations, he created Free Art Fridays, creating something with found objects and depositing them on his Friday commute.
“The power of art is that it just makes people look at the world in a slightly different way,” My Dog Sighs told the Big Issue last year. “As a street artist, what I find really powerful is the idea that it’s not just people looking for art that are seeing it. Every demographic walks down the street and can stumble across a piece of street art.
“And what’s more special than stumbling across a piece of treasure when you’re wandering around?”
He has previously spoken about his passion for ‘giving back’ to the streets and the people who sleep rough. His 2023 project INSIDE was partly inspired by this idea of reclaiming lost and hidden space, transforming derelict areas with the power of art.
“There are scary statistics, that for every homeless person there are 10 empty houses. That blows my mind,” he says. “So it builds on this idea of being aware of how we can look at lost materials, lost spaces, lost people – and how can we think about them in a different way.
“How can we use our creativity to look at the world in a different way? It is up to us to save these lost spaces. But it is our role to help people as well, isn’t it?”
The auction ends tomorrow (20 March). At time of writing, the highest bid is £5,500.