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Paul Tucker is an english artist living and working in South London. He studied Fine Art/Painting at Goldsmiths College, London.

He has worked as an illustrator for many of the leading newspapers and magazines in London. These include The Financial Times, for which he contributed many portraits of thinkers and intellectuals such as Hans Kung, Edward Luttwak, Martin Rees, Carl Djerassi, Sir Peter Hall, Sheila Rowbotham and many others.

Paul has also worked regularly on the Daily Telegraph, Economist, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Independent, Radio Times, Homes and Gardens and countless other publications producing his inimitable portraits,caricatures and illustrations. He worked regularly for the Law Society's Gazette, painting Cover portraits of many of the presidents, including Lord Donaldson, and also painted the legal profession for The Lawyer.

He is a passionate gardener and illustrated Show Garden designs for Chelsea Flower Shows and the Hampton Court Flower Show for The Mail-on-Sunday and Homes and Gardens.

Paul's main focus is now on Portraiture and print-making. He has painted portraits of Vivienne Westwood, Sir John Harvey-Jones, John Shannon, Alex Kren and many others. A recent series of characterful Street Scenes of Portobello Road Market has yielded a vivid set of Prints. Another strong source of inspiration is the Devonshire landscape and especially Dartmoor and locations along the River Dart. Paul has been working on Watercolours depicting the theme of water moving through the landscape, and producing prints from them.

To view Paul Tucker's work, please visit these websites: www.tuckerportraits.com www.tuckerillustration.com