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Spens commits Copacabana memories to canvas
- Updated: August 16, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 16, 2016 – Peter Spens has one of the most enviable positions at the Copacabana Beach Arena for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games beach volleyball tournament.
He sits courtside, almost within touching distance of the players and only a few small steps to the court. He isn’t a referee, or a court official nor a cameraman or photographer.
He is the court painter.
Spens has been hard at work since the beach volleyball competition began on August 6, painting two temporal collages of the action on court and in the stands. They will be unveiled at his studio, Cranley Gallery in London following Rio 2016 when 100 prints will go on sale.
It isn’t the first time that Spens has been involved in painting sporting scenes. He was official …
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