Visiting Nakuru National Park near Simon's home in Kenya, he was quoted as saying, "I found a lion and lioness that were having a passionate affair, when, suddenly, there was a mighty roar from an impatient call of a suitor-in-waiting only yards away. The result was Afterglow (a previous Greenwich Workshop release). Returning to the park early the next year, I found the same pride with the big black-maned lion and his harem. The lioness from Afterglow was patiently enduring the boisterous attentions of two cubs. Again, a compelling subject to paint and an even more compelling title: Aftermath."