Simon Grant
Australian artist
The Land | The Sea | The Sky
Simon is a Sydney based modern artist with a deep connection to the land and the sea. Simon's painting is mostly abstract and inspired by the visual richness of the land around him, and by the the great painters who have come before him.
Simon's paintings have sold in Australia, the USA, Canada, UK, Sweden, Russia, Ireland, Netherlands, and South Korea.
Respect to the Guardians past and present of Dharug country on which I live.
Simon is a Sydney based artist who has a deep love of the bush, and the broader Australian landscape. His paintings are compelled by the beautiful yet unforgiving continent that is Australia. He is enchanted by the bushland particularly; the ancient earth and rocks, the harsh dry scrub, and standing sentinel over it all, the majestic eucalyptus trees beneath the great Southern Hemisphere sky.
Where the land meets the sea and becomes manifest in Simon's paintings is borne from growing up in the Pacific.
Simon is a great admirer of the Korean Dansaekwha movement and is deeply drawn to the Korean aesthetic.
Artist Statement
"there is no finish in nature" - John Constable.
I am compelled by the dichotomies of form, line, light and dark, colour and tone, geometry and spontaneity. All need to come together - whether in a landscape or seascape painting, a still life, or an abstract work. This is challenged by my spontaneous approach to the canvas. With few exceptions my paintings seldom finish up as originally planned; yet every brush stroke must end up in the right place on the canvas. And they must tell a story - of a time or place.
Many of my paintings have multiple previous paintings beneath them, their skeletons lying obviously just beneath the surface. My paintings are rough, sketchy, seemingly hurried and incomplete. Unfinished. That is my intention.
My hope is that my paintings invoke a raw and honest response that allows the viewer to momentarily be elsewhere in their mind and their heart.
“Simon, your wonderful painting arrived today. Of course, it’s even more astonishing in real life, and I will cherish it always.”
RB - Philadelphia, USA
Simon, the painting looks amazing. I am really happy with it. Thank you.”
DO - Ireland
“The photographs of the painting don’t begin to show how beautiful it is. It literally glows!”
Sam - Rockhampton, Australia
LM - Netherlands
“Hi Simon. Today I received your painting. What an absolutely stunning piece of art. I am really happy with it”
“Simon, I have received the painting. I love it! Thank you.”
