SJ Iredale

Simon is an abstract artist who uses his spontaneity and ability to create dynamic and energetic art that is based on the emotions, colours and sounds of moments in time. Using the canvas to capture the fluid strokes and interpretations of what his mind delivers, based on the experience he visualises.
At school he was not a traditionally gifted academic, rather spending lunchtimes learning guitar and art with his art teacher. After studying art and photography at college, he worked for many years in London as a designer for many large brands and music-based clients such as Victoria Beckham and Oasis. In the early 2000’s he built his own agency which ran for 17 years. This experience, whilst rewarding, was mentally challenging, to the point where he had a breakdown through stress in his mid 40’s.
This is where Simon’s art journey truly began, as he chose to research and practice mindfulness and meditation which steered him into picking up his paints and camera again. He had found what made him truly happy- expressing his inner thoughts through canvas, paint and photography. Which is portrayed beautifully in every piece he creates.

‘𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑖𝑑. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼’𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡, 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠. 𝑀𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ‘𝑛𝑜𝑤’ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑚𝑦 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.’
– Simon Iredale