After studies in British art schools I was employed as designer at Gardenesque Landscape Design and subsequently formed my own design firm based in Oxford. In 1982 I left England with my family to work in Europe and travelled extensively exhibiting and running workshops. I have written ten books about my work in watercolour and pastel and collaborated with Rupert Wright on the book 'Landscape of Wine in The Languedoc' My work is in many collections private and public, worldwide. Sponsors: 1997 Deutsche Telecom, sponsored exhibition, Munich. 1997 Commune of Ravello, Italy, Prime Minister's Conference. August 2000 Hitachi International, sponsored exhibition & book ‘ The Way of the Moving Brush’. 2000 Osram Galerie Munchen. 2001 Musee d’Art Contemporain, Beziers, retrospective exhibition. 2003 Museum Service of Siena, Italy, paintings of Italy, with catalogue. 2003 British Embassy, Oman, recent works. 2004 The Economist, Frankfurt, sponsored exhibition of recent work. 2006 James Rothschild, St James Place, sponsored exhibition. More recently I have completed a mural of 50m² for private clients in France and am preparing new work for future exhibitions in France, UK and south America For more details go to my web site, www.simonfletcher.org