Simon Davis Painter UK 1968

Support Nequi 3104668314 Simon Davis PVPRP RBSA (born 1968) Born in Stratford upon Avon, Simon Davis studied for a diploma in technical illustration before going onto concentrate on illustration and graphic design at Swindon College of Art. Working life began as a graphic designer and freelance illustrator of books and magazines but he soon moved into comics work in the early 1990s. Simon now divides his time between portrait painting and comic book illustration for the cult British comic 2000 AD. His fully-painted work for the title has been collected into numerous books worldwide and he believes that the discipline of his comic-strip work complements his oil painting, allowing him to produce ‘dynamic’ images in an ‘economical way’. He paints using oils and mainly square brushes, working from the photographs that he takes of his sitters. In 2008, he was runner up in the BP Portrait award and that same year was elected as a member o