An Artist's Portrait of a German Shepherd By Simon Aberlé, April 10th, 2018 My name is Simon Aberlé. I am a pencil artist from Adelaide in South Australia, specialising in realism, but when things get too real, I like to escape into abstracts. My life's passion is art. I love looking at it, reading about it, and creating it. Like any passion when using your creativity, your drive can be challenged; creating an artwork requires the artist to tap into their reserves of natural