Simon Laurie RSW RGI
Artist & Tutor
The Essential School of Painting
A graduate of Glasgow School of Art, Simon Laurie’s personal iconography has evolved out of the landscapes and everyday objects of his native rural Scotland: lanes and footpaths, the peaked roofs of coast-houses, hay-ricks and agricultural implements. Blocked out in bright acrylics – the flatness of their shapes reminiscent of collage – these basic forms, apparently simple yet charged with meaning, achieve balance within rhythmic, deeply satisfying compositions. Pattern-making – a fundamental artistic impulse – transcends anecdote, ensuring that these works have relevance much wider than the specific events that inspired them.
He has had several one-man shows in London and in Scotland and his work is held by well-known collections including the Contemporary Arts Society, London and the Aberdeen Art Gallery. He was awarded a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute in November 2000.
A regular exhibiter at the Royal Glasgow Institute and Royal Scottish Watercolour Society, his public collectors include the Contemporary Arts Society, Aberdeen Art Gallery, the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull, the Nationwide Building Society and Unilever.