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Alistair Tucker

Moorland Wilderness

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
56cm x 48cm

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Alistair Tucker is a Wirral-based painter and printmaker whose work explores the elemental drama of the British landscape. Predominantly preoccupied with the transformative power of light, Alistair investigates how weather — wind, rain, and cloud — continually reshapes the form and “speak” of the land. His practice is a visual record of his encounters with nature, seeking to capture what he describes as the “glossolalia of creation”—a poetic resonance that transcends literal representation.

Drawing serves as the vital foundation of Alistair’s work, whether executed “plein air” in the landscape or refined within the studio. He is particularly renowned for his etchings, a medium he values for its mysterious, serendipitous qualities. His process often involves building deep history into a piece through layering and mark-making, mirroring the geological and atmospheric shifts of the environments he depicts.

Alistair holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Bristol Polytechnic and a PGCE from Middlesex University. He was an elected member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) until 2019 and has served as the Head of Art at The Queen’s School, Chester, since 2006. He is also the Chairman of Chester Visual Arts and his work has been exhibited extensively across the UK — including at the RWA Bristol, The Grosvenor Museum Chester, Castlegate House Gallery in Cockermouth and The Zillah Bell Gallery in Thirsk — and is held in private collections both nationally and internationally.

Birthplace of Light

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
56cm x 48cm

£500
Borrowdale, Valley of the Fort

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
56cm x 48cm

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Deep calls to Deep

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
56cm x 48cm

£500
For all we are is a mist that appears for a while and then disappears

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
56cm x 48cm

£500
Haweswater in the rain

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
56cm x 48cm

£500
Kinder Scout

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
75cm x 40cm

£500
View from Col de L’Aulp

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
56cm x 48cm

£500
Winter Morning

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
56cm x 48cm

£500
Waters Above and Below

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
56cm x 48cm

£500
Out of the North comes a Golden Glow

watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
56cm x 48cm

£500
Newlands, Cumbria

etching
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
40.5cm x 42cm

£450
Lambs Head, Kerry

etching
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
44cm x 37cm

£450
I Love Tranquil Solitude

etching
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
40cm x 27.5cm

£350
Kinder Scout

etching
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
39cm x 29cm

£350
Memories from Snowdon

etching
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
30cm x 39cm

£350
Pistyll Rhaeadr

etching
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
21cm x 24cm

£125
Striding Edge, Helvellyn

etching
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
40cm x 30cm

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The Rivers are Swelling

etching & aquatint
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
40cm x 27.5cm

£350
Berwyns from Ty’n-y-few

etching
framed under glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
34.5cm x 29cm

£350
Welsh Oaks

etching
watercolour & mixed media on paper
framed under museum glass
black stained wood frame with off-white mount
24cm x 21cm

£125

Previously exhibited work

Kinder Scout

etching
46.5cm x 36.5cm framed size
framed under glass in a dark grey ash wood frame

SOLD

Striding Edge, Helvellyn

etching
48cm x 37cm framed size
framed under glass in a dark grey pine frame

SOLD