Initially, his work garnered him unwanted attention from the authorities, but because he is not defacing private property but merely painting rubbish, he was found to be breaking no law.

He has exhibited his paintings and sculptures in England, the United States, Germany, Ireland, Finland, France and Serbia.

[1] Wilson was born in Cambridge[2] and grew up in a family of artists[3] in Barnet,[4] in North London, England.

[2][5] An artist with a strong distaste for industrial waste, cars and rubbish, Wilson took to carving sculptures in wooded areas.

He began painting gum on Barnet High Street, intending to create a trail into the centre of London.

[2] Wilson started experimenting with occasional chewing-gum paintings in 1998, and in October 2004 began working on them full-time.

[8] Subject matter ranges from personal requests to animals, portraits[3] or whatever whimsy pops into his head,[6] such as "Gum Henge", a miniature painting of Stonehenge.

[5] When he was arrested in 2009 by the City of London Police on suspicion of criminal damage, the case was dropped after dozens of people wrote letters of support[3] a few months later.

[5] Wilson's work has been featured by the BBC, MyMuswell[13] This Is Local London,[6] Raw Vision,[4] The Daily Telegraph,[7] The New York Times[3] and in non-anglophone countries, such as Switzerland,[14] Germany[15] and Serbia.