Simon is a self-taught artist and has painted professionally for fifteen years. He has always concentrated on wildlife and landscapes, with an emphasis on wildfowl and wild places. He moved to Norfolk in 1997 and has recently moved to Snape in Suffolk.
Simon paints mainly from just imagination and memory. Artists that have influenced Simon include Peter Scott, J C Harrison and Frank Southgate, all of whom painted birds flying with great skill. Simon has been published on calendars and had a series of limited edition prints released. Simon has staged a number of major one man exhibitions during his career successfully selling out on a number of occasions. His work has been keenly collected by clients in many different countries and even by Royalty.
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