In the studio

Modelling from life

Simon at work on Alfreda — a portrait head modelled in clay from a live sitting in his studio, circa 2015. The same lifelong subject, worked now directly in clay: a face, an hour, the marks of the hand left visible.

Simon Britton modelling a clay portrait head while his sitter Alfreda watches
Alfreda in progress — clay, modelled from the sitter, c.2015

The sitting

A session, start to finish

25 photographs

A working set, added in full — we’ll curate this down to a tighter sequence with Simon’s notes and the titles he wants.

Father & son

Documenting the journey

Simon’s son Henry has taken on the task of documenting his father’s artistic life — the studio, the work and the conversations behind it. These photographs, and this website, are part of that record.

Simon Britton in his studio
Simon Britton and his son Henry in the studio
Simon Britton and Henry working in the studio
Simon Britton and Henry at the bench
Simon Britton in conversation in the studio
Simon Britton and Henry in the studio
Simon Britton by the stove in the studio