David Simon Contemporary Mixed Winter Exhibition 2023

Lucia is a latin word meaning 'light'. Against tumultuous skies the brilliant lead white and cadmium yellow summer flowers illuminate. Bright and piercingly vibrant, they become all the eye sees. A blazing sea of flowers emerging.

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty, --that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." - Keats

77 w x 64 h cm (Framed size 108 w x 95.5 h cm)

Oil, raw pigment and encaustic wax on board in large antique frame.

My pewter bowl of lemons is drenched in Spring sunshine. The light is reminiscent of the light that falls on the Cornish Coast and of the Mediterranean. The tones reflect blue of the sea and sand, the light is pure and clean. The blue spectrum light in this painting almost overwhelms the subject with luminosity, but also enhances the shape and complete form of the bowl and the fruit. There is something magical about this type of light, which draws people back to places. Our emotions are warm on a sunny day.

65 w x 47.5 h cm (Unframed size)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

The purity and simplicity of this Scandinavian richly pigmented wooden bowl, monolithic and carved from a single tree. The bowl, through toil and craftsmanship seems to take on a sacred calm.

81.5 x 63 cm (Framed 95 x 75 cm)

Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board in hand-painted antique frame.

Oil and gesso on board. Unframed size 46 cm w x 35 cm h. Framed size 58.5 cm w x 48 cm h.

Oil, pastel and gesso on board. Unframed size 44 cm w x 32 cm h. Framed size 55 cm w x 41.5 cm h.

A monastic white washed walled space. Light and shade. Spanish earthenware ceramics and dutch delft plates propped. A paired back painting, for simplicity, contemplation - for reverie. The time to be lost in one's thoughts or a daydream.

47 w x 67 h cm (Framed size 54.5 w x 74.5 h cm)

Oil and encaustic wax on board in antique frame.