PRESS RELEASE
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Simeon Stafford | Featured Artist
25thNovember to 6thJanuary2023
Simeon Stafford |Mont Blanc, oil on board
For their December Featured Artist collection, Whitewater Contemporary presents work by celebrated painter Simeon Stafford. This witty, high-energy series of works brings to life the joy of winter holidays in the Alps, where crowds of people in brightly coloured clothing zip and whizz between each other down sparkling white slopes. In his distinctive and delightfullynaïvestyle, Simeon is known for capturing the lively detail of people and places in his work, and for including a familiar cast of characters including his famous Aunt Dot doing a handstand, Trixie the family Jack Russell, and Ruby, the little girl with pigtails.
Simeon was born in Manchester in 1956, and as a child was introduced to noted painter L.S. Lowry, who became a family friend and encouraged him to follow a career in fine art. Simeon went on to study at Hyde College and began his career exhibiting works that reflected the gritty northern landscape in the Primitive style. He relocated to Cornwall in 1996, and has sinceestablished himself as one of the UKs most recognised painters.He has exhibited at the Royal Academy, and his work is held in numerous public and private collections, including that of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Whitewater Contemporary, The Parade, Polzeath, PL27 6SR.
www.whitewatercontemporary.co.uk | art@whitewatercontemporary.co.uk
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Print Ready 300dpi images for press use:
SIMEON STAFFORD Mont Blanc
Editors Notes
Whitewater Contemporary
Whitewater Contemporary specialises in painting, print, sculpture, studio ceramics and craft by Cornwall's leading contemporary artists, all on show at our beautiful ocean front space in Polzeath, Cornwall. The gallery's sister venue, Whitewater Gallery, which is situated next door, offers an extensive collection of limited edition prints, photography, pottery and handcrafted jewellery.
Whitewater Contemporary, The Parade, Polzeath, Cornwall PL27 6SR. Tel: 01208 869301art@whitewatercontemporary.co.uk|www.whitewatercontemporary.co.uk
For further press information or additional images contact Mercedes Smith at Fine Art Communications director@fineartcommunications.co.uk / Tel 07825 270235 / www.fineartcommunications.co.uk
