Commissions

Madresfield Court Worcestershire by Simon Dolby at The Dolby Gallery Oundle Northamptonshire

Madresfield Court, Worcestershire, 2018, Oil on canvas

Commissioned by Lucy Chenevix-Trench and family. Madresfield Court is a wonderful 900 year old moated house and is also famous as the setting and inspiration for Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited.

Drayton House, Lowick, Northamptonshire, 2015, Oil on canvas

Painted in 2015 as a commission for the Stopford Sackville family. The house was recently used as the setting for the film Saltburn.

Venice Regatta on the Grand Canal, 2014, Oil on canvas

Painted from the viewpoint of the Ponte Dell’Accademia, towards the Basiclica Di Santa Maria Della Salute

West Lodge Cottage, Ashton, 2022, Oil on canvas

This is a beautiful cottage set in the Ashton woods. Simon has painted many private commission of people’s houses, large and small.

Christ’s College Cambridge, 2012, Watercolour on paper

Commissioned work for a customer who was giving this painting to an old friend who studied at this College. That’s his bike leaning against the wall.