Simon Parker is a contemporary landscape artist from Liverpool, who has lived and worked in Chester since 2000. He studied fine art painting at Wolverhampton school of art 1984-87. He painted in Arena Studio’s, Liverpool, 1988-2002. His early work drew on the raw elements of the urban environment. An interest in walking the mountains of North Wales in his mid-twenties eventually led to the landscapes becoming the main focus of his work. More recently, the very  local  landscape of North Wales, has become his driving force, utilising oil paint, drawing media and watercolour in response to what is seen. Simon Parker exhibited widely in the 90’s as an active member of Liverpool’s and the North West art scene. He exhibited regularly in group and solo shows within the North West and nationally. The past couple of years has been a renaissance for him, revisiting the practice of making art whilst still teaching art. Simon Parker works in oils on a small scale. He says, this creates a quiet sense of intimacy and personal connection to the work.