Simon is a violinist and conductor. He is emerging as an authority on the life and works of Edward Elgar, on which subject he regularly gives lectures.
He has always been passionate about art, is self taught, and began oil painting in 1999.
What has creating art meant to you over the last year?
In the last year, as music has largely lay silent, oil painting has provided me with creative activity, a focus and a sanctuary from a world that has become unrecognisable.
Gondolars
Oil on canvas
24 x 30cm
Venice
Oil on canvas board
13 x 18cm