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Mike Parsons (1941 - 2017)
Title: Workers Monument, Bethal
Size: 42 x 30cm
Unframed
Bornin Bukfastleigh , Devon , England 1941 Michael Parsons came to SouthAfrica with his parents and older sister in 1949.
His father was a geological draughtsman employed byAnglo American in Welkom. They later moved to Zambia. Mike Parsonscame back to SA in 1965 to join a flying school in JHB. He laterqualified as a commercial pilot and flew a crop duster for 35 years.
Cropspraying is seasonal work and he had 4 months everyyear with not a lot to do. Mike had an interest and talent fordrawing from a young age so decided to try and teach myself to painta picture in the off season.
He is self taught apart from a year painting withAdriaan Boshoff in the 1980's.
Mike admires painters like Adriaan Boshoff ,Ken Howard,Bernard Dunstan and John Singer Sargent. He tends to follow the workof living artists ( as opposed to past masters) because they havetaken it so much further. John Singer Sargent would be astounded werehe is able to see the work of Richard Schmidt.
Never a hobbyist. The beautiful never ending battle fora better picture is his only goal.
He tries to capture light,mood and atmosphere in apainting that more often that not would depict people and figures.Drawing is important to him ..with whatever is in his hand.Brush,palette knife,ball point pen, charcoal, or pencil. Drawing andtone (or value) are what offer impact to a painting and that's how hestarts each new project.
Articles on his methods and technique's have appearedtwice in the SA Artist magazine.
