SIMON CLARIDGE
Blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, Simon Claridge’s work is meticulously considered and crafted to suspend time and evoke an emotional response from onlookers; “My goal is to leave to the viewer some tangible emotional feeling”. From his beginnings as a graduate of Fine Art, his career has been governed by the pursuit of doing what he was undoubtedly born to do. From studying art, to working in a gallery to subsidise his painting, to having his worked displayed in galleries nationwide, art is the consistent theme that courses through his resume. Since being signed to Washington Green, the UK’s leading fine art publishers, Claridge has enjoyed many accolades in his career to date: he was commissioned by Alfa Romeo, created artwork on request for Henry Holland and counts LA stylist Rachel Zoe among his collectors. Every piece by Claridge commences its metamorphosis on a page in his sketchbook, wherein the formal reduction of the source and reference begins. Thus his painstaking process evolves, based predominantly on trial, error and “gut instinct”. Perhaps most famously used by Andy Warhol, Claridge has since made diamond dust an elemental
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