John Simpson

Living on Sherkin Island, the environment provides John with many sources for painting. Observations from rocky foreshores, sandy beaches, close and distant spaces, light and water, land and growth, calm and stormy weather which develop into many thematic variations. 

We are all part of nature which never stands still – always changing – always in movement. John reflects that powerful dynamic in his work. He makes paintings that are strongly influenced by both natural and geometric forms. Compositions result from a combination of intuitive image making and proportional structuring.

Born in 1944 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, John studied art at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, from 1963 - 1967, an art education he shared with some of the finest artists of the 21st century.

John continues to paint throughout his life, interspersing painting with fine art conservation and teaching in colleges in Scotland and England, before moving to West Cork, Ireland in 2002 to paint full-time.