Essays
‘Singularity’ at Anima Mundi, St Ives.
A point of light, infinitely small, unimaginably vast. Impossibly distant, almost within reach. Light as a particle, light as a wave...
Essay by Gillian Wylde to accompany the exhibition ‘Splitter’ at Millennium St Ives. 2014.
Simon Averill’s paintings re-consider what might take place within momentary instances of seeing; they are an exploration of the ways in which sight, memory and perception interact...
Essay by Joseph Clarke to accompany the exhibition ’Illumine’ at Millennium, St Ives. 2011.
These paintings are a result of Simon Averill’s ongoing fascination with landscape. More specifically they are an attempt to respond to the fleeting and transitory effects of light...
Essay by John Martin to accompany the exhibition ‘Recent Paintings’ in association with John Martin London, Albemarle Street, London – 2006.
Simon Averill moved with his wife Lucie to Cornwall from Sussex 20 years ago. Like many painters before him, Cornwall, and in particular that peninsula around St Ives and West Penwith...
Essay by Simon Hucker to accompany the exhibition ‘New Paintings’ in association with Wilson Stephens Fine Art, Albemarle Street, London – 2002.
This exhibition marks a decisive new direction in Simon Averill’s work. Indeed, if it wasn’t for the familiar seeds, feathers and flints that were some of the elements of his previous paintings...
‘Mansions of Memory’ by Maurice Cockrill to accompany the exhibition ‘Recent Paintings’ in association with Wilson Stephens Fine Art, Cork Street, London – 1998.
A clue to the seeming enigma of Simon Averill’s painting is the knowledge that the titles come after the works, that he needs to contemplate what he has made before he can give it a name...