Born Christchurch, New Zealand 1975.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts 1997.

Simon has exhibited regularly since 1998 throughout New Zealand. He lives and works in Christchurch. He is represented in numerous New Zealand collections including the new Christchurch Art Gallery.

Simon’s landscapes translate imagery from his local surroundings into watercolour, oil paint and charcoal
 
"My work, without directly approaching the subject matter of the earthquake, does in a way deal with the idea of how destruction and a loss of what is familiar can develop into a need to fabricate a feeling of normal life carrying on.   I see this idea reflected in my recent paintings by a return to my home landscape of the plains, shelterbelts and skies. The fire in the work is the new element that is based on the controlled burnoffs that the farmers set alight on the plains, this is a necessary destruction that in time leads to regeneration of the landscape. The fire also could be seen as a potential threat to the landscape and the familiar environment of my upbringing."

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