Simon Drew opened his Dartmouth gallery in 1981 and will continue to produce his unique (and some say quirky) drawings for a long time to come. The humour and wit of his pun illustrations is well known and 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.
