Simon B. Hodges of Hillview Studio

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Contacting the Artist

For further information please contact: Simon B. Hodges
12 Hillview Road, Larkhall, Bath, BA1 6NX

Tel: 01225 331448 or Email: simon@hillviewstudio.co.uk

About the Artist

Born in London, I now live and have a studio in Bath. My love of drawing began the moment I picked up a pencil but initially I decided to follow a career in architecture. I worked as an architect until 1999 when the lure of an HB pencil became greater than that of computers, paperwork and committees .

Completely self-taught since school, I have developed my own work by studying the artists that I most admire. Foremost amongst these influences are J.M.W. Turner; watercolourists of the 18th & 19th centuries and the oil paintings of Walter Sickert & Edward Seago.

My inspiration to draw and paint comes from the landscape as a whole and townscapes in particular. I am inspired by most places I visit. Often, with the permission of a patient wife, this involves following in the well publised footsteps of J.M.W Turner. Observing and documenting changes in the weather and the seasons adds another important dimension to the picture.

Dictated by time, practicalities and mood, my way of working when completing a finished piece is varied. It may involve taking memories and sketches (drawings, paintings, photographs) back to the studio or I may complete work en-pleine. Sometimes it is a combination of the two methods.