About Simon Taylor


	From an early age Simon’s flair for illustration was reflected in his studies at school. Simon spent a year at Art college, and always wanting to be different, enrolled to study for a degree in Engineering at Southampton University. Simon painted semi-professionally from 1985, and became a freelance artist/illusrator in 1993. Simon is also a semi-professional guitarist and composer, and runs a website design company, Taylor Creatives Ltd.

During the 90's Simon became widely known for work with a motor racing theme, and his limited edition prints featuring Formula 1 subjects sold worldwide, exhibiting motor racing themed work at various shows including the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Revival meetings. Simon has produced works for David Coulthard, Gerhard Berger, Alain Prost, Stirling Moss, Kimi Raikkonen, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Heikki Kovalainen, Frank Williams, the Sultan of Brunei, Asprey of Bond Street, rally champions Marcus Gronholm, Juha Kankunnen and Tommi Makinen, and The Ayrton Senna Foundation amongst many others.


	Aside from this, he continued working to commission, painting portraits and works with broad subject matter from ballet dancers, animals, still life, and landscapes. Simon developed a contemporary painting style blending a fusion of colours and light with dynamic line work, to release himself from the restriction of his representational work.

The new millenium has seen a development of his contemporary style of painting, influenced by hobbypop painters such as Sophie Von Hellerman and inspired by childhood memories and observations of life. Simon’s work has been exhibited at various independent galleries, and shows, the most recent being the Affordable Art Fair 2007.

Simon has also recently completed a commission to produce the official portrait of the new Bishop of Northampton, click here to view the picture.

Please click here to view galleries of past & present work.

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