Simon Davis VPRP | Mall Galleries

Contact Me

Ching-Ying

Simon Davis VPRP

Oil

60 x 39 (66 x 44 cm framed)

£2,500

Related exhibition:

Available for collection:

30 September 2020

Jessica

Simon Davis VPRP

Oil

61 x 41 (67 x 47 cm framed)

Related exhibition:

Available for collection:

30 September 2020

Ingvild

Simon Davis VPRP

Oil

75 x 90 cm

£4,000

Related exhibition:

Available for collection:

30 September 2020

My Dad, The Day Before He Died

Simon Davis VPRP

Oil

80 x 100 cm

Related exhibition:

Available for collection:

30 September 2020

Ching-Ying

Simon Davis VPRP

Oil

100 x 80 cm

Related exhibition:

Manko and Myrtle

Simon Davis VPRP

Oil

65 x 45 cm

Related exhibition:

Taslima

Simon Davis VPRP

Oil

47 x 34 cm

Related exhibition:

Reshma & Taslima

Simon Davis VPRP

Oil

69 x 48 cm

Related exhibition:

About Simon Davis VPRP

Profile

Artist details

Artist's Statement

The disciplines of my comic-strip work, with the need for narrative and careful composition, perhaps complements my oil painting and makes me approach a portrait in a more dynamic and economical way. I am particularly interested in the ‘square brush technique’ as used by The Newlyn School of Painters and Henry La Thangue.

Method of Working

I paint in oils on board using mainly square brushes, and prefer to paint smaller, intimate portraits.I work entirely from photographs that I take of the sitter and loosely follow rough compositional thumbnails that I draw out earlier.

The commission process is a simple one and depending on size, a portrait will usually take one or two months.

Biographical Details

1968 Born in Stratford upon Avon.

1979-84 Alcester Grammar School, Warwickshire.

1984-86 Obtained a Diploma in Technical illustration, Mid-Warwickshire College, Leamington Spa.

1986-88 Obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design, Swindon College of Art.

1988-90 Worked as Graphic Designer/Illustrator.

1990-92 Freelance book and magazine illustration.

1993- Illustrate comic-strips for various publishers.

2004 Elected an Associate Member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.

2005 Elected a full Member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.

2006 Elected a Member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

2007 Elected the Honorary Secretary of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.

2008 Elected a Council Member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

Society Memberships

Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Other Society Memberships

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

Tanner Prize, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 2004 and 2006.

Coley-Tiller Prize, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 2006.

Second Prize, BP Portait Award, 2008.

Exhibitions

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2018

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2017

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2016

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2015

Other exhibitions

2008 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London.

2007 Royal West of England Academy Autumn Show.

2006/07/08 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.

Publications

Stone Island, by Ian Edginton and Simon Davis, Rebellion Books.

Commissions

Price guide

Oil

10 x 8 inches:

£2,000

12 x 18 inches:

£3,000

20 x 16 inches:

£3,500

24 x 20 inches:

£4,500

30 x 25 inches:

£6,000

36 x 28 inches:

£7,000

40 x 30 inches:

£8,500