Paul Barton is a professional artist who attended the Royal Academy of the Arts in London and currently resides in Thailand. He is from a small seaside town in northern England and taught himself how to play piano at the age of twelve. His father was also an artist, and taught him how to draw and paint.

He originally went to Thailand in 1996 to teach at the Thai Piano School. He decided to remain in Thailand after meeting his wife there.

He has become famous for making videos of himself playing piano for elephants that have been abused on YouTube. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.