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| Mike Smith - Artist |
“While walking the back streets of
Maun I came upon a pool table placed in the shade of a palm tree. The
taxi drivers were using the shade as a meeting place and killing time
playing pool. I decided to make a painting of the scene and left out
the taxis to keep the painting simple and give the impression pool
was being played at the edge of the salt pans.
Several days later I decided to paint a
second more geometric version of the pool players.I put on my
abstract specs and painted the scene using triangles. This painting
was more challenging to do but I'm pleased with the way both painting
came out”.
Anecdote: in conversation with Mike he
told me that, in his youth he would borrow his fathers camera and
make photographs of trains in the North of England, as we got into
the photography chat during the making of his portrait I asked him if
he could recall the camera his father would lend him? After the
shoot, packing up my equipment Mike announced his fathers camera was
a Voigtlander. I smiled with my Nikon in my hand and showed mike the
Voigtlander Nokton 58mm 1.4 on it..
