Aspects, oil on canvas, 16x20” -year 2018

Vertical Woman, oil on canvas, 12x14” -year 1982

In The Distance (There), oil on canvas, 30x36” - 2019

Nighttime, oil on canvas, 24x30” - 2022

Woman In Mirror (Vacation), oil on canvas, 24x30” - year 2019

Young Fronts Blues Players, oil on canvas, 24x30” - year 2024

Figurative Works in Oil and Pencil

Figurative paintings and drawings of people accentuate the direct sensual realism of the human form in a delicate relationship the surroundings.

Man in Mirror, oil on canvas, 38x48” -year 1976

Reflections, oil on canvas, 36X48” -year 1976

Back Against, pastels on rag paper, 22x30” -year 1979

Man (figure) oil on board, 36x48”(sold- private collection) - year 1975

Man Paper Chair, oil on canvas, 36x48” -year 1976

Inside Outside, oil on canvas, 24x30” -year 2021

She’s Ok, oil on canvas, 30x36” - year 2019

Man Figure, pencil on rag paper, 22X30” -year 1976

Woman Leaning Left, pencil on rag paper, 18x24” -year 1976

Woman On Bed, oil on canvas, 36x48” (sold - private collection) - year 1975

No Rest, oil on canvas, 30x36 - year 2019

Peering (Ethiopian), oil on canvas, 30x36” - year 2019

Click to see Richard Tuck’s fundamental approach to drawing that he uses when constructing an image.

Horizontal Woman, oil on canvas, 12x14” -year 1982

Queen, oil on canvas, 32x46” - year 1976

Ivy Between Legs, oil on board, 20x24” - year 1981

Man in Mirror, oil on canvas, 36x48” -year 1976

Man’s Torso and Owl, oil on canvas, 18x24” -year 1981

Me in Perspective, oil on canvas, 30x36”- year 2019

“Richard Tuck’s paintings of have the cutoff composition typical of snapshots, reflecting Tuck's concerns with "what happens at the edges. He uses the comers and edges of walls, furniture and the body to construct clues to the scene without showing all of it. The thick paint and coloring of these cross the style of Wayne Thiebaud with the objective detachment of Phillip Pearlstein's nudes.” - Daily Tarheel, ‘84