Lot 465: SIMON EVANS (B 1963): SEPTIMUS EQUUS Corten Steel Edition: Unique Simon Evans studied art and design in Blackburn and gained an honours degree from Coventry University in 1988 specialising in steel sculpture. Some of his student work is on display

SIMON EVANS (B 1963): SEPTIMUS EQUUS Corten Steel Edition: Unique Simon Evans studied art and design in Blackburn and gained an honours degree from Coventry University in 1988 specialising in steel sculpture. Some of his student work is on display notably Bucephalus in Coventry and Religious Cross at Derby Cathedral. For his degree show he produced a 40 foot tall steel minotaur which was displayed outside Coventry's Cathedral in challenge to Epsteins St Michael and the Devil. Since graduating Simon joined the Police in 1990 but continues to sculpt, with items on display in Blackburn and other towns.