Simon PIERSE | 西蒙．皮爾斯
(U.K.)
2018
Honorary Member of the Australian Watercolour Institute
2009-2012
Vice President, Royal Watercolour Society
2007,2008, 2018
Artist in Residence, Dunmoochin, Melbourne
1992-2016
Senior Lecturer, Aberystwyth University
1975-1979
Slade School of Fine Art
2018
澳洲水彩畫學會榮譽會員
2009-2012
英國皇家水彩協會副會長
2007,2008, 2018
墨爾本Dunmoochin藝術駐村
1992-2016
亞伯里斯威斯大學（Aberystwyth University）資深講師
1975-1979
倫敦斯萊德藝術學院
Riders on the Beach, Mamallapuram
馬馬拉普拉姆海灘上的騎士
2021 | Watercolor 水彩 ｜52 x 71.5 cm
I live by the sea where the light is constantly changing. I love the sparkle of sunlight dancing on the water. This painting is about that. The figures and horses, silhouetted against the backlit sea, are from the small fishing town of Mamallapuram in South India.
我住在海邊，這裡的光線總是不斷變換。我愛陽光在水面上閃耀起舞，這幅畫就是在描繪此景。人物和馬匹的剪影映襯著背光的海面，這是南印度馬馬拉普拉姆的小漁鎮風景。
Sight of a Humpback Whale
見到座頭鯨
2020 | Watercolor 水彩｜72 x 51.5cm
This is what it is like to see a humpback whale glide under you in the crystal blue arctic waters of Greenland. No breaching or spouting, just a moment of incredible, silent beauty.
這就是在格陵蘭島如水晶般透藍的北極水域裡，見到座頭鯨在身下溜過的感受。沒有破水或噴水，此時惟有奇妙的寂靜之美。
Requiem for a Polar Bear 北極熊輓歌
2020 | Watercolor 水彩｜52 x 71 cm
In 2018, I joined an expedition to the polar regions of western Greenland and Baffin Island. We sailed to various locations aboard a Russian scientific ship, then boarded small inflatable boats to visit some of the coastal areas. Ashore at Cape Mercy on Baffin Island we caught sight of a female polar bear – a tiny yellowish speck against the snow in the far distance. On the way back, we passed some bleached polar bear bones scattered across the ground. “This one was shot”, someone in the group said, pointing out a bullet hole in the scapula bone.
2018年，我加入了西格陵蘭與巴芬島極地的遠征隊。我們搭上俄籍科考船，航向不同的地點，接著搭上小型充氣艇，拜訪幾個沿海地區。在巴芬島上的慈悲角，我們見到了一隻雌性北極熊──遠處雪地上的一個小黃點。回程路上，我們經過一些散落在地上發白的北極熊骸骨。「這隻是被射死的」，團隊中有人指著肩胛骨上的彈孔說道。