Combes, S
Simon Combes - Afterglow
limited edition print on paper
550 numbered and hand signed by the artist
16 x 23
COMAF4
$165.00
Simon Combes - Chui
limited edition giclée on canvas
50 numbered and hand signed by the artist
20 x 30
COMCH2
$595.00
Simon Combes - Cheetah Pair
limited edition giclée on canvas
50 numbered and hand signed by the artist
18 x 28
COMCH3
$395.00
Simon Combes - Confrontation
limited edition giclée on canvas
35 numbered and hand signed by the artist
18 x 36
COMCO4
$595.00
SIMON COMBES (1940- ) was born in Shaftsbury, England, and, at the age of six, moved with his family to an 800-acre farm in Kenya's Great Rift Valley. At the age of 18, Combes took a job in western Kenya, managing a 2000-acre farm with about 150 employees. The following year, he was drafted, serving in the Kenya regiment. He then applied for and received a commission in the King's African Rifles. His subsequent adventures included fighting in a guerrilla war with Somalia, leading Kenya's new airborne unit (requiring a visit to Parachute School in England, where he spent nine months and met his future wife, Susie), and promotion to major at the tender age of 24. Of greater significance, perhaps, was the start of a new hobby. During moments of inactivity in the northern desert, Simon began to draw, and eventually paint, the local nomadic people and the landscape in which they lived. In 1969, he was persuaded to stage an exhibition of his work in Nairobi's New Stanley Art Gallery. The show was a near sell-out, and an idea about an alternate career began to form in Combes' mind. Someone made the suggestion that he paint wildlife, and the creative seed was sown. In the following two decades, he achieved worldwide success, countless commissions and many prestigious awards - including the Society of Animal Artists' Award of Excellence. He was chosen Artist of the Year for the 1994 Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show. His book Great Cats: Stories and Art from a World Traveler was published in 1998 to both critical and popular acclaim. Simon died December 12, 2004 near his home in Nakuru, Kenya following an attack by a buffalo.
Simon Combes - Afterglow
limited edition print on paper
550 numbered and hand signed by the artist
16 x 23
COMAF4
$165.00
Simon Combes - Chui
limited edition giclée on canvas
50 numbered and hand signed by the artist
20 x 30
COMCH2
$595.00
Simon Combes - Cheetah Pair
limited edition giclée on canvas
50 numbered and hand signed by the artist
18 x 28
COMCH3
$395.00
Simon Combes - Confrontation
limited edition giclée on canvas
35 numbered and hand signed by the artist
18 x 36
COMCO4
$595.00
SIMON COMBES (1940- ) was born in Shaftsbury, England, and, at the age of six, moved with his family to an 800-acre farm in Kenya's Great Rift Valley. At the age of 18, Combes took a job in western Kenya, managing a 2000-acre farm with about 150 employees. The following year, he was drafted, serving in the Kenya regiment. He then applied for and received a commission in the King's African Rifles. His subsequent adventures included fighting in a guerrilla war with Somalia, leading Kenya's new airborne unit (requiring a visit to Parachute School in England, where he spent nine months and met his future wife, Susie), and promotion to major at the tender age of 24. Of greater significance, perhaps, was the start of a new hobby. During moments of inactivity in the northern desert, Simon began to draw, and eventually paint, the local nomadic people and the landscape in which they lived. In 1969, he was persuaded to stage an exhibition of his work in Nairobi's New Stanley Art Gallery. The show was a near sell-out, and an idea about an alternate career began to form in Combes' mind. Someone made the suggestion that he paint wildlife, and the creative seed was sown. In the following two decades, he achieved worldwide success, countless commissions and many prestigious awards - including the Society of Animal Artists' Award of Excellence. He was chosen Artist of the Year for the 1994 Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show. His book Great Cats: Stories and Art from a World Traveler was published in 1998 to both critical and popular acclaim. Simon died December 12, 2004 near his home in Nakuru, Kenya following an attack by a buffalo.