Simon fieldhouse
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Artist
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based in Sydney
Sydney
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, Australia
Australia
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. He was educated at Newington College
Newington College
Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
(1963), Barker College
Barker College
Barker College is an independent Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1890 by the Reverend Henry Plume at Kurrajong Heights, Barker is an all-boys school from Kindergarten to Year 9, and co-educational from...
, Geelong Grammar School
Geelong Grammar School
Geelong Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, co-educational, boarding and day school. The school's main campus is located at Corio, on the northern outskirts of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, overlooking Corio Bay and Limeburners Bay....
and the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
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He studied law and practiced briefly as a Solicitor
Solicitor
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, ceasing in 1988.
He was co-author of Portraits on Yellow Paper with former Supreme Court of New South Wales
Supreme Court of New South Wales
The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales...
judge Roderick Meagher
Roderick Meagher
Roderick Pitt "Roddy" Meagher AO QC was an Australian Jurist and former judge.-Early years and education:Meagher was a descendant of William Pitt the Younger and a cousin of Patrick White. His family owned a chain of country stores...
. His works have been exhibited widely and his paintings used to illustrate the National Trust
National Trust of Australia
The Australian Council of National Trusts is the peak body for community-based, non-government organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's indigenous, natural and historic heritage....
desk diaries "Historic Architecture of Australia" in 2002 and "Historic Architecture of Australia II" in 2004.
He has produced many paintings depicting historic Australian Architecture
Architecture of Australia
Architecture in Australia incorporates the architecture produced in the area of the Commonwealth of Australia...
with whimsical characters.
In 2006 he was commissioned by The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
to produce 35 portraits of professors of medicine. This series follows that of Sir Lionel Lindsay
Lionel Lindsay
Sir Lionel Arthur Lindsay was an Australian artist and brother of artist and illustrator Norman Lindsay.-Early life:...
, who produced professors' portraits in 1916.
Fieldhouse has also completed a series of paintings of historic architecture of New York City
New York City
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External links
- Simon Fieldhouse website, including some examples of his artwork
- New York Historic Architecture series
- Simon Fieldhouse
- Book review of Portraits on Yellow Paper.