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SIMON JONES

Simon Jones’ career has two distinct halves. On the one hand he and his wife Caroline run an architectural visualisation business, producing watercolour representations of proposed architectural projects. The other side of his work is fine art: his free-flowing, atmospheric paintings of places in his native Wales are markedly different from his architectural works: here, there is room for experimentation, spontaneity and happy accidents. The free flow of water expresses architectural forms and the effects of light, with layered washes helping to define areas of light and shadow.

His studio, in his home in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, reflects this two-pronged career: one orderly side is given over to the architectural work, while the other side – a riot of paint tubes, brushes and half-finished paintings, is dedicated

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