About Simon
Simon has extensive experience in the field of visual design. Trained initially in painting and drawing (Oxford and Aberdeen) he began his career in painting, through which he gained much experience working with all forms of printmaking, illustration and design for stage as well as exhibitions nationally and internationally. Publishing and design followed and most recently website design, where he works with a colleague, Mike Catignani, so that between them every aspect of the web is covered. This includes Sharepoint technology and supportive tuition classes. It also often means helping clients in related ways, whether with email or hosting issues or else with more specialised validation or coding problems... Simon is here to help, so please ask about any and every aspect of 'visual aid'!
Studied at: Grays School of Art, Aberdeen (D.A.) and Ruskin School of Art, Oxford
• painting career, solo exhibitions include — Aberdeen Art Gallery; 369 Gallery (Edinburgh); Artspace Galleries (Aberdeen); An Lanntair Gallery (Stornoway); Peacock Printmakers (Aberdeen); Pier Arts Centre (Stromness); Inverness Museum & Art Gallery; Eden Court Theatre (Inverness); Grays School of Art (Aberdeen); Crawford Arts Centre (St Andrews); Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop; Holsworthy Gallery (London); Hiscock Gallery (Portsmouth); Dorset County Museum & Art Gallery (Dorchester); Bristol Arts Centre
• selected exhibitions include — Celtic Connections, Glasgow; The Human Touch, Fischer Fine Art, London; Highland Myth & Symbol, touring; Beltane Spirirt, touring; For A' That, MacLaurin Art Gallery & touring; Newcastle Maritime Festival, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Crofting Centenary Exhibition, touring (Scotland & Canada); Contemporary Landscape, Edinburgh City Art Centre; Etching & Intaglio Printing, Scottish Arts Council Touring Exhibition; Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago; Peinture Fraiche Gallery, Paris; Scottish Prints Now, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop; Expressive Images, New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh; 7 Artists in Iona, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh; 40 Scottish Artists, Sarajevo; Light & Space, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews; Art & the Sea, ICA Galleries, London and Mostyn Gallery, Wales and touring; Cubertou Painters, SW France
• work in public collections — (includes): BBC, Life Assurance Head Office, Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Hull Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Society, Pictures in Hospitals, Aberdeen Art Gallery
• other professional design work — theatre: Running with Wolves (Highland Festival & Doric Festival); Gold (Eden Court Theatre, set/costumes); The Green Lady of Balconie (Fearainn Domhnuill Arts); book design and production for: Camanachd Association, Findhorn Press, Saltire Society, MacRobert Trusts, MacDonald Publishers, Robert Louis Stevenson Society, Northwest Publishers (USA), Foreign Office (Algiers); illustration work for over 30 book titles, various design for many professional needs and productions, includes CD covers & musical typesetting; multimedia work (CDROMs) for: Development Workshop (France), Hassan Fathy Institute (Cairo)
• other work: Upland Footpath contractor (Footpath Trust certificated); Book Publishing Director, Balnain Books (1985-95) Artist in residence Aboyne, Millennium Forest Trust