Simeon Stafford
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Simeon Stafford is a British artist known mainly for his colourful paintings of Northern life and the South Coast of England. Born in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, in 1956, his work is influenced by L.S. Lowry, whom he met the age of 14 and Alan Lowndes
Alan Lowndes
Alan Lowndes was a British painter known primarily for his scenes of northern life. He also spent time in St Ives, and he was a close friend of many of the St Ives School artists....
. His paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
in 2001 and can be found in numerous private collections, including those of the Queen
In 1972 and 1973 Stafford studied at Hyde College and in 1974, became a professional artist and exhibited his work in mixed exhibitions throughout the north of England and London.
Like so many artists Simeon Stafford is also an accomplished musician and composer being a member of the North West Composers Association and the British Academy of Composers.
In 1996 Simeon Stafford moved to the Penwith Peninsula, Cornwall and settled down close to St.Ives. Stafford's world of pictorial imagery is a world of humour and fun, an essence of spontaneity that is joyfully translated to the viewer. Simeon Stafford is an observer of life, his paintings are crammed full of incidents and accidents, bustling scenes of human interaction, a happy dialogue of work and play.
If his paintings are studied you will discover figures re-occurring, skipping Ruby with pig-tails, Dot, the little girl cart-wheeling across the canvas (his aunt as a child) and sometimes a man with red stripy trousers marching through a crowd, leading a small boy by the hand, (the artist with his son).
Publications
- 2009 - Simeon Stafford by Jonathan Riley - Hardback 194 Pages 192 Images (Available from Representing Galleries)
Exhibitions
- Nov 2011 - Solo Exhibition McAllister Thomas Fine Art, Godalming
- Mar 2011 - Solo Exhibition Thompsons Gallery, London
- Nov 2010 - Solo Exhibition McAllister Thomas Fine Art, Godalming
- Nov 2009 - Solo Exhibition McAllister Thomas Fine Art, Godalming