Jacqui Simpson

Art and creating art is an emotion to me. It is visual poetry or a heart-wrenching novel. I live my life through creating and teaching art.

My style has evolved over the years and although I use mostly Acrylic paint, I do sometimes mix my mediums. Collage has also become my passion. I can get mentally lost in a collage forever with the only limit being my canvas size.

Interesting bodies and faces fascinate me and I really enjoy the female form the most. The soft, delicate features, and the way that light bounces off a woman's curves captivate me. I see colour in everything. Jack Vettriano is one of my favourite artists and has had an influence on my style. I usually use a full spectrum palette when I paint and I find that Acrylic paint has very vivid colours. Although I have often dabbled in oil, my temperament cannot work with it, so I attempt to achieve in Acrylic, what can be achieved in Oil paint.

Bringing light into colour and painting on a bigger than life size canvas is my ultimate joy. I love a challenge too, so I keep pushing to overcome a bigger or greater hurdle.

This is pretty much how I live my life. I see a painting and my life as a journey of ups and downs and hills and mountains. Navigating around these...

I have studied at The School called Earth