Simon’s inspiration comes from an enormous variety of sources, but he is mostly influenced by what he sees in nature and the world around him. Living and working as he...
Simon’s inspiration comes from an enormous variety of sources, but he is mostly influenced by what he sees in nature and the world around him. Living and working as he does alongside the banks of one of Britain’s prettiest rivers and surrounded by lakes and wetlands. He takes advantage of the huge number of birds that visit the sculpture park, the largest of which are the elegant and romantically named ‘mute swans’. The line of the neck and body is irresistible to a sculptor, but in Simon’s hands this bird then takes on aspects of the human body and the lines become even more sinuous and sensual.