Paul R. Alexander (September 3, 1937 – June 14, 2021) was an American commercial artist and illustrator.
[1][2][3] In a career spanning from 1976–1998, he specialized in creating art for the covers of science fiction paperbacks and occasionally magazines.
[1] He graduated from Wittenburg University in Springfield, Ohio, in 1967, and also studied at the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles.
[1] Alexander died on June 14, 2021, at the Brethren Retirement Community in Greenville, Ohio.
[1] Vincent Di Fate, fellow science fiction illustrator and a historian of the field, grouped Alexander together with Dean Ellis, Christopher Foss and John C. Berkey as "gadget" artists, "adept at painting futuristic hardware.