British Artist Simon Wright was born in Yorkshire in 1974. Fueled with the passion for creating art his entire life, Wright started his artistic career with a degree in illustration. Enjoying working as a professional illustrator, Simon relished being able to earn a living from his talent. Not quite content with the precisely controlled style of painting this work demanded, he began to develop a much looser spontaneous style. In the same way, the 20th-century impressionists allowed colour to form the structure of their art Simon began to revisit famous urban landscapes in an entirely new way. Utilising just a few tones Simon would create the impressionistic scene before ‘dribbling’ on the thick structure of the painting. From this point he describes a battle between the layered shadows and the raised structural lines for dominance.
British Artist Simon Wright was born in Yorkshire in 1974. Fueled with the passion for creating art his entire life, Wright started his artistic career with a degree in illustration. Enjoying working as a professional illustrator, Simon relished being able to earn a living from his talent. Not quite content with the precisely controlled style of painting this work demanded, he ... Read Full Bio
