Simon Drew opened his Dartmouth gallery in 1981. The humour and wit of his Simon Drew Designs and pun illustrations on cards and stationery is well known. His books of illustrated nonsense verse testify to this. However, there is also a more serious side to his work. The drawings that remain in their original form are graphic representations of his idiosyncratic view of the world.
Simon is a trained zoologist and much of his work features wildlife, but a creature might be depicted in an unusual environment or with bizarre accoutrements – whilst otherwise staying faithful to the basic anatomy of the animal.
