User:Deon Green/sandbox

Deon Simone
Deon Simone Green (born 1995), known professionally as Deon Simone, is an Jamaican artist and designer. Her work includes repeated use of a people, shapes and lines. She commonly uses vibirant colours to capture the beauty of her subject matter. She began her art career using pencil on paper, moving on to watercolour paintings, and now makes acrylic paintings on canvas. As she grew older, her influences came from traditional painters, such as Pablo Picasso, Barrington Watson and Andy Warhol.

Her artworks ranges in size from a few inches to 5 feet tall. Her work is exhibited in gallaries, avidly collected by individuals and have been auctioned at the Rotary Club of Downtown Kingston Annual Art Auction.

Early Life
Deon Simone was born in 1995 in Falmouth, Jamaica. She graduated from the University of Technology with a Bachelors in Business in 2016. She majored in Marketing with a minor in International Business. After graduation, she briefly studied and obtained a Professional Certificated in Graphics Design at the Media Technology Institute, while working at an Advertising Agency in Jamaica.

Deon began as a illustrator growing up. After moving to Kingston in the 2014, she started painting.