Theo has played chess his whole life. When he met Anja's father, a German who spoke little English, the board became their common language. No words needed. Just the game, and everything it said between two moves.

Chess still features in Theo's daily life. The paintings in this collection came from that world, the concentration, the quiet competition, the theatre of two people entirely absorbed in each other across a board. They are not illustrations of chess. They are paintings about what chess does to people.

"While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." — Marcel Duchamp

Each fine art print on archival paper is individually hand signed by Theo Michael in the studio in Larnaca — a small mark that makes it entirely his, and entirely yours.

Canvas prints are produced and shipped by our print partner to ensure the highest quality reproduction. They are not hand signed.