About Me

A portrait of Thomas McDevitt, the founder of London Canvas.

🤔 Who are you?

I'm Tommy, and I'm the founder of London Canvas.

Nice to meet you! ☺️

I work full-time as a software engineer, and throughout my life, I never took starting a business very seriously. Like many, I was pushed onto the path of the 9-5 and hadn't ever really humoured the idea of going onto, as some call it, "The Pathless Path".

But last year, I read a few bo3oks on the issue. It became my life's mission to start a business, but I didn't really know what to do. Especially with the pressures of working full-time, having the time and energy to dedicate to starting a business was tricky.

In early 2025, I found myself with 2 weeks between job positions. I thought - it's kind of now or never, right? I'm never going to find myself with that much free time again. So I came up with a crude idea. Inspired by something that happened to me when I was a bit younger, I decided on a business I thought I could launch from scratch in that amount of time.

I even announced I was starting a business on LinkedIn. And here we are!

But something's happened in the process of setting this thing up. The first was that I learned more about setting up a business than I realised I would. The second was that, as I was trawling through all my old collections of photos, it brought the artistic side of me back to the forefront.

It turns out, I've got this store online for two reasons. The first being as a learning exercise in all things business. The second is a love for sharing art.

It's resurrected my appetite for street photography, and I've never been happier.

🙋 Follow me elsewhere

London Canvas is dedicated to my love of art, but it's also a big experiment in my other pursuits - business, personal branding and search engine optimisation.

If you're interested in following my journey or just connecting, here's where else you can find me!