Gerald Simcoe is a native to the Lehigh Valley, where he has painted in his Northampton barn/studio since 1985. His Self Portrait has recently been displayed in the “We Fancy” show at the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery of the Art Students’ League of NY, where he studied painting from life. While gardening on Ambassador Annenberg’s Philadelphia estate, he attended classes at Longwood Gardens and grew the flowers he paints. He also breeds and sells his snowdrop hybrids.
His most recent show at the Jenkins Arboretum in Devon, PA “One Flower at a Time,” depicted portraits of the flowers he grows and paints in his Lehigh Valley barn/studio and in the wild. Studying painting from life at the Art Students’ League of NY and horticulture at Longwood Gardens, he combines both to create a unique vision of a garden artist.