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Simon Combes was born in Shaftsbury, England in 1940, and, at the age of six, moved with his family to an 800-acre farm in Kenya's Great Rift Valley.
At the age of 18, Combes took a job in western Kenya, managing a 2000-acre farm with about 150 employees. The following year, he was drafted, serving in the Kenya regiment. He then applied for and received a commission in the King's African Rifles. His subsequent adventures included fighting in a guerrilla war with Somalia, leading Kenya's new airborne unit (requiring a visit to Parachute School in England, where he spent nine months and met his future wife, Susie), and promotion to major at the tender age of 24.
Of greater significance, perhaps, was the start of a new hobby. During moments of inactivity in the northern desert, Simon began to draw, and eventually paint, the local nomadic people and the landscape in which they lived. In 1969, he was persuaded to stage an exhibition of his work in Nairobi's New Stanley Art Gallery. The show was a near sell-out, and an idea about an alternate career began to form in Combes' mind. Someone made the suggestion that he paint wildlife, and the creative seed was sown.
In the two decades since, he has achieved worldwide success, countless commissions and many prestigious awards - including the Society of Animal Artists' Award of Excellence. He was chosen "Artist of the Year" for the 1994 Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show. The success of his work has aided Combes as he seeks to raise awareness of wildlife conservation; he made contributions and served on the councils of several conservation organizations. Combes' book Great Cats: Stories and Art from a World Traveler was published in 1998 to both critical and popular acclaim.
Simon Combes passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2004 near his home in Nakuru, Kenya. |
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