After a career in advertising as a creative director at J Walter Thompson and latterly at his own agency in London, Geoff Weedon moved to Devon to re-invent himself as an emerging artist. He studied Contemporary Art briefly at Plymouth University but is largely self-taught.

His recent paintings are inspired by the extraordinary creativity of the tribes of the Omo Valley on the Ethiopian/Kenyan border, who while wearing little else produce fashion from the flora and vegetation of the bush.

Their closeness to nature allows the artist to re-imagine their interaction with the birds and animals around them who they may employ as fashion accessories or who may echo their emotions.

Geoff loves to safari in Africa, photographing the animals and birds which he uses in his paintings, and collects African tribal art.

His work is exhibited in Africa at One Off Contemporary Art Gallery in Nairobi and Palette Art Gallery in Cape Town.