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Magnificent Mike Parsons original (30x21cm). Excellent investment!

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Original oil painting (30x21cm) by Mike Parsons (1941-) - unframed.  Born in Bukfastleigh, Devon, England 1941.

Michael Parsons   Born in Bukfastleigh , Devon , England 1941. Michael Parsons came to South Africa with his parents and older sister in 1949. His father was a geological draughtsman employed by Anglo American in Welkom. They later moved to Zambia. Mike Parsons came back to SA in 1965 to join a flying school in JHB. He later qualified as a commercial pilot and flew a crop duster for 35 years. 

Crop spraying is seasonal work and he had 4 months every year with not a lot to do. Mike had an interest and talent for drawing from a young age so decided to try and teach myself to paint a picture in the off season.

He is self taught apart from a year painting with Adriaan Boshoff in the 1980's.  Mike admires painters like Adriaan  Boshoff ,Ken Howard, Bernard Dunstan and John Singer Sargent. He tends to follow the work of living artists  (as opposed to past masters) because they have taken it so much further.  John Singer Sargent would be astounded  were he is able to see the work of Richard Schmidt.  Never a hobbyist. The beautiful never ending battle for a better picture is his only goal.    He tries to capture light,mood and atmosphere in a painting 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 and tone (or value) are what offer impact to a painting and that's how he starts each new project. Articles on his methods and technique's have appeared twice in the SA Artist magazine.  As with all good impressionists, Mike  Parsons is particularly admired for his  brilliant depiction of light -  beautiful reflections of natural light  onto objects, walls and glass  surfaces contributing to the serenity of his paintings.   

Listed as one of the top 100 Investment Artists in South Africa.  An opportunity to own a work by a true master while it is still affordable!!



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