Simon dixon was a brighton based artist and print maker whose fine art pieces centred around icons of the twentieth century dixons love of pop culture and deep interest in twentieth century history combine in a truly distinctive aesthetic referencing 1960s pop art his paintings are a big bold and colourful reworking of the traditional portrait joe strummer raf depicts a pop ified portrait of the eponymous clash frontman backed by a flat block of electric blue strummer peers ponder