ABOUT US

Big Gene Creative Industries was established in 2021 and reflects the multiple talents and career tangents of its founder Simon Lean.

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Born in 1973 in Chichester, UK, he studied Scientific Illustration at Middlesex University.  Over the last 20 years, Simon has worked with a variety of artistic and creative media from classical painting and drawing to sculpture, special effects, antique restoration, and graphic design.

Simon comes from a family with a rich artistic heritage– his great uncle was the world-renowned film director David Lean, his grandfather was an author, a contemporary of Tolkien and C.S.Lewis, and Head of BBC Foreign Service.

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Simon has lived in Luxembourg since 2009 with his family a pug, a whippet and some cats.  

If you were wondering about the name Big Gene. He was our Blue Crayfish who was constantly escaping from his tank, and wandering around our house at night. He reminded me of me as he didn't like being told what to do or be confined.

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