Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1955, Simon Pooley trained as an architect in London, qualifying in1980. He practised in Sheffield for twelve years before moving to Cornwall in 1992 to paint full-time.

Simon’s training as an architect lends an added dimension of structure and draughtsmanship to his painting technique and it is this, combined with his instinctive sense of colour which makes his paintings so beautifully balanced and appealing. He works from a studio surrounded by open countryside not far from Lands End and his work has been exhibited in several galleries across the UK.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Stour Gallery, Warwickshire
Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance
Out of the Blue, Marazion
Badcocks, Newlyn

Selected Group Exhibitions:
“Critics Choice” Exhibitions, Newlyn Art Gallery
Marsden Contemporary Art, London
“Then and Now” David Messum, Cork Street, London
“The Cornish Show” City Gallery, London
“Peninsula” Edgar Modern Gallery, Bath
The Groucho Club, Soho, London