b.1956<br> English watercolorist, Simon Palmer was born in 1956. He studied art in England and his work is held in numerous collections in Europe, USA and Japan. He has undertaken private works and commissions including paintings for the National Trust at Sissinghurst and at Salt’s Mill, Saltaire in England.<br> <br> Simon Palmer was born and has lived most of his life in Yorkshire. His enigmatic, captivating paintings seem to pay homage to this area of Northern England. His paintings effectively marry the present day world with the equally interesting realm of his imagination which transports us into his world filled with intriguing characters and situations unfolding before us. It is this narrative quality in his work and his wit that has successfully proved a following from art collectors both at home and abroad.<br>