Pet Portait Paintings Artist

Paw Strokes - Pet Portait Painting.
Growing up among a family of animal-loving artists, it was inevitable that pet portraiture would one day become Simon’s passion and calling.

Born in Medellin, Colombia, Simon was raised in the city but spent many weekends at his family’s fincas (traditional Colombian farms) where animals were center stage in his developing artistic mind. At 16, he moved to a small artisan lake village in Mexico, Valle de Bravo, to study art alongside his uncle, a globally renowned artist. Simon spent the next 2 years studying and working with his uncle. He followed that up with a brief stint at ULA (Latin American University) in their Graphic Design Program. That comparison in art forms was what Simon needed to realize that fine art was where his heart and soul lived. After further deliberation in 2000, he took his next big step and moved to Barcelona, Spain to further his studies in fine art at Universidad La Eina and La Lotxa.