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Simon Fletcher
Born in England of Scottish, German and English origin, the artist attended St Albans, Watford and West Surrey Art Schools before graduating in 1971. Pursuing one of his main interests he studied landscape design with Peter Coates and John Brooks amongst others before setting up his own company in 1976. He won first prize from the British Association of Landscape Industries in 1980 for a private garden in Hampshire.
Moving to France in 1982 in order to concentrate on painting Simon Fletcher began 
developing his techniques in water colour and pastel which has resulted in his frequent exhibitions all over Europe, workshops in both disciplines and a growing number of publications including three major books
As well as working in many public and private collections he has also been sponsored by a number of multi-national companies including Hitachi Corporation, Deutsche Telecom and Osram, Germany.
The artist is proud to be associated with some of the leading contemporary painters in water colour today, a medium that in recent years has seen a great resurgence of interest in mainland Europe.
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The sun is out, bank holidays are in, we all want to go and explore, although this can sometimes be ruined by the dreaded mistral (p14). But let’s not spoil things. How about a visit to St Jean du Fos (p20) or if you’re feeling more urban, a nice shopping day in Avignon with a healthy tea break (p23) or a visit to an art gallery in Nîmes? (p17) If you’re feeling extra energetic like me, how about entering the Pont du Gard race on 30 June to raise money for a fantastic local charity? Also in this issue, the remarkable story of a simulated space mission by Claire (p18) and a very funny article by Bernice on her pathological inability (or so she says) to learn languages (p22).
Carole Rommene
