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A Portrait of Michael Smither
Television (Full Length) – 2007
I think that probably I have a fairly addictive nature. I'm certainly addicted to painting...and sex.– Artist Michael Smither opens up about his life and loves
The official view of children was that they were these sort of little saints, they were so unreal as to what children were really like that I felt a real need to redress the balance...children have such passion about what they do.– Artist Michael Smither talks about his early often unsparing portraits of family life
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