Artists Statement
I find the human face endlessly fascinating and it is from this that I draw my inspiration. The disciplines of my comic-strip work, with the need for narrative and careful composition, complements my oil painting and I feel it makes me approach a portrait in a more dynamic way.
Education
1986-88 Diploma in Graphic Design, Swindon College of Art
1984-86 Diploma in Technical illustration, Leamington Spa
Prizes
2004 Tanner Prize RBSA Open Oils Exhibition
2006 Tanner Prize RBSA Open Oils Exhibition
2006 Coley-Tiller Prize RBSA
2008 Second Prize BP Portrait Award, NPG ,London
2009 Charles Pears Memorial Award, RSMA , Mall Galleries,London
2009 The Sea Pictures ‘Working Relationships’ Award, RSMA, London
2011 Highly Commended. RBSA Open Portrait Exhibition
Exhibitions
Simon Davis has exhibited at numerous joint shows in Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the Cotswolds.
2006 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries.
2007 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries.
2007 RWA (Royal West of England Academy) Autumn Show.
2009 Mystery Postcard Exhibition, NPG, London
2009 ‘Cornish Connections- Newlyn’, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
2009 RSMA , Mall Galleries,London
2010 RSMA, Mall Galleries, London
2010 ‘400’ Women, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
2011 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Exhibition, London
