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Perhaps best known for his iconic "Gassy Jack" sculpture that was located in Vancouver's historic Gastown district, Vern's paintings and sculptures are found in corporate and private collections from coast to coast in his native Canada, as well as throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
Feb 26, 2021 · About Vern Simpson. Vern Simpson. Vern Simpson remembers his first drawings, sketched on newsprint notepads held on the dashboard of his father’s ’39 Ford, somewhere along the shores of Kootenay Lake on a road trip in Eastern British Columbia. He hadn’t yet started school. A passion for the landscape started early, in the desert ...
Vern Simpson is the son of Eckhardt and Griselda Simpson. His brother is Eckhardt Simpson II and his sisters are Verna and Lotus Simpson.
Perhaps best known for his iconic yet controversial "Gassy Jack" sculpture that was located in Vancouver's historic Gastown district, Vern's paintings and sculptures are found in corporate and private collections from coast to coast in his native Canada, as well as throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
Vern Simpson artwork presented by GUNNAR NORDSTROM GALLERY. Born in 1940 in Penticton, British Columbia in the dry sagebrush country of the South Okanagon, he completed an Education degree studying at the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia, majoring in Art.
