Over a number of years he has focused on developing new forms for painting that embody the multi-sensory experience of landscape. For ExLab, Simon has created a new series of paintings, accompanied by drawings and photographs. They are an outcome of engaging in research walks between Sherborne and the coast, often accompanied by geologist Sam Scriven. The physical characteristics of the new works derive from two specific and diverse geologies encountered on these inland-sealand walks – the chalk downland area to the south of the Blackmore Vale and the inferior oolite, common to Sherborne.