Will Tuck

64 by 52 inches giclee print on hahnemuhle rag 2008 Will Tuck's paintings delve in to personal psyches, raid history paintings and work with the knowledge and skills of a past age but with the technology of the present. Tuck ultimately toys with the idea of being a modern master in a world given over to cheap thrills and fast consumption. He becomes the ringmaster of the world he creates and surveys, as he manipulates, teases and toyes with his subjects, content and language of paint. A former grafitti artist before going to art college, Tuck used toride the trains up and down the country where he developed his technique of speedily executed tags and signatory styles in railway sidings during long nights. In contrast, Tuck's large paintings are meticulously painted and each painting often takes months ofpainstaking and labored work to complete. Tuck completed an MA in painting at The Royal Academy Schools in 2005 and he is one of "The New London School" of artists using highly developed skills engaging with the human condition. Exhibitions: include: Carter&Gallagher Gallery London October 2007 solo exhibition. 'The Dream of Putrefaction" Fieldgate Gallery London 2007, 'Artistic Vandals', Nomoregrey Gallery, London, October 2006, 'Transcription', Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London, Aug-Sep 2006, BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, June-Sep 2006, Royal Academy Summer Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, June-Aug 2006, 'Fantasy Stories', Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London, Dec 2005-Jan 2006, 'Three Graduates' Marksman Gallery, Reading, Nov-Dec 2005, Royal Academy Summer Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, June-Aug 2005