What Is ‘Across America’?
‘Across America’ the working title for my new art project, where I plan to spend a month traveling around the States – creating drawings, paintings and photographs documenting my journey. I’ll be making artwork the whole time I’m away, which will then be developed into larger realised oil paintings when I return home that will be shown as a major exhibition at the end of the year. To support the project and to help promote it, I’ve decided to use crowd funding to give people the chance to buy the artwork I’ll be creating whilst on the trip.
About Me
As a visual artist my work has been shown both nationally and internationally, including prestigious venues such as The National Portrait, Manchester City Art Gallery and The House of Commons. I also have an upcoming solo exhibition at The Royal Albert Hall this June.
I work primarily in oil paint to create realistic images that utilise the conventions of cinematography to present ‘staged’, fictitious scenes where time has been stopped and extended. I’ve completed several large scale commissions for prestigious clients, including P&O, Standard Chartered and the Professional Football Association. My work is owned by notable collectors and celebrities. My previous projects have received funding from the Arts Council England.
You can see more examples of my work and about me on my website http://www.joe-simpson.co.uk
What will you get?
The options on the right show the kind of work I’ll be creating. It will be a slight ‘lucky dip’ scenario, as you’ll be buying a piece of work that hasn’t been created yet – but hopefully that will be part of the fun, and because of this the work is being sold for much cheaper than normal or if you bought the work through a gallery. It’s also a chance to buy original smaller works that have been created on location. I promise to put care and attention into all the pieces I create. Depending on the size, the work may be posted to you directly from America, please see the descriptions for more details.
If you have a specific request, please do get in touch and we can see if it’s possible. If you have any other questions or ideas, please do get contact me at
Thanks very much for reading, any support would be hugely appreciated – wish me luck!
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