A prominent contemporary animal and landscape realist painter, Paul James is knwon for the skill and precision in which he depicts fine detail and realism of the multitudes of materials and textures within his images.

Essentially self taught, Paul began painting professionally in 1986 and is heavily inluenced by Charnwood forest that affected his earlier landscape works. His perfected animal portraiture style combined in an urban setting has led him to become widely known, stemming from his observations of ducks walking along towpaths when he lived on a canalboat.

Paul is also an accomplished and skilled performing musician and composer.