See www.birtall.co.uk for further detail. Simon Birtall was Falmouth-based and remained working there for ten years after his studies were completed. Now he is both a free-lance illustrator and a painter (mainly in acrylics on canvas) and website designer, based in the Wirral in north-east England.

He graduated from Falmouth Art School in illustration and has produced designs for greetings cards, book covers, and advertising of all variety, working for clients such as Hallmark Cards, Random House publishing and BBC World Service. He continues to provide a range of stock illustrations and these can be seen on his website.

Simon's painting includes both landscape and portraiture.