- Simon Fieldhouse
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Simon Fieldhouse (born
25 March 1956 ) is anartist based inSydney ,Australia . He was educated atNewington College (1963) [Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp63] ,Barker College ,Geelong Grammar School and theUniversity of Sydney where he obtained aBachelor of Arts .He studied law and practiced briefly as a
Solicitor ceasing in 1988.He was co-author of "Portraits on Yellow Paper" with former
Supreme Court of New South Wales judgeRoderick Meagher . His works have been exhibited widely and his paintings illustrated the National Trust 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 with whimsical characters.
In 2006 he was commissioned by The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney to produce 35 portraits of Professors of Medicine. This series follows in the footsteps of Sir
Lionel Lindsay , who produced a similar series in 1916.Fieldhouse has also completed a series of paintings of Historic Architecture of
New York City .References
External links
* [http://www.simonfieldhouse.com/ Simon Fieldhouse website, including some examples of his artwork]
* [http://shfieldhouse.googlepages.com/home New York Historic Architecture series]
* [http://www.robingibson.net/public_html/FIELDHOUSE/Fieldhouse.html Simon Fieldhouse]
* [http://www.quadrant.org.au/php/article_view.php?article_id=795 Book review] of "Portraits on Yellow Paper".
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