Paul A. Paddock

Paul A. Paddock (June 2, 1974 – May 4, 2016) was an American painter and sculptor based in New York City. He is best known for his watercolors and works upon paper. The style of his do its stuff is reminiscent of children's cassette illustrations, but it plays behind ideas more or less sex and interpersonal relationships, innocence, transgression, sin, and violence. The perform draws from American popular culture and from the artist's own experiences, dreams, and fantasies. He was represented by the BUIA gallery in New York City from 2004 to 2009 and by the Frosch and Portmann gallery from 2011 to 2016. He died upon May 4, 2016, after a brief illness. He was 41 years old.