Abstract Painting and Art Rocks
Arthur Simon’s art rocks are anthropomorphic minimalism meets lowbrow gag gift. Instead of adding googly eyes, fake hair or glitter, these repurposed chunks of the Central Texas landscape are reductive–excavated with diamond coated high speed drills. Each stone is plucked from geological obscurity to coax out its unique personality. Use them as a luckstone, worry stone, pocket pet, paperweight, stocking stuffer, aquarium decoration, office buddy or shelf art.
Arthur Simon is an actor, artist and activist in San Marcos, TX. He graduated from Oberlin College, studied improvisation at Chicago’s Improv Olympic then co-founded Austin’s ColdTowne Theater before forming robotic theater company Bot Party out of Fusebox Festival’s Machine Shop series. As an abstract expressionist painter, Arthur was a fixture on the annual East Austin Studio Tour and has been a finalist for the Hunting Art Prize. More artmaking can be seen via ‘simonearth’ on Tiktok while rocks and paintings can be purchased through an Etsy store
