ARTIST'S LIFE IN ARIZONA.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20168, 21 February 1931, Page 4

ARTIST'S LIFE IN ARIZONA.

♦=— MR NEVILL-SMITH IN TIMARU. v-« .. (aracub > fJ 1 < i t Lli" ( „ TIMABtT* February 20. a previoM'visit to two j iid i half ycaiW^go, l Mr artist, iwd V #9ger,' hsi /' lived pidnelp&lly in Arizona. So is ! , > Haw on a visit to his- mother andv sister, ' sho live in After leaving New Zealand, Mr Nevill-Smith lived for a time in Tahiti, when heidid a great deal of painting. :He considers. Tahiti a gteat field for r artist,-'' the,, subdued * ojt ™ Saii Sjfan^ifltfo, r Mr * ioitad ia pleasiiig interest. time, he was singing from radio stations, but later moved to the town of Phoenix in thtf middle of the , Arizona Desert to teach pftintiiig and sieging, is well as to'continue his own ( studies in .these arts.' While in Arizona, Mr Nevill-Smith "Was fortunate in that his work attracted the interested attention of Mrs W. A. Clark, widow of the late Senator Clark, , known all over the world as "the Copper , King.". Senator Clark had been the greatest, patron o? living .artists in America, Mr Nevill-Smith declared today to' a Pbeßß representative. Mrs Clark M carrying on her husband's work. "I made an interesting painting trip to 1 the Indian country," Mr Nevill-. Smith added. "There, I saw the famous 'Hopi'—a semi-religious snake: dance. '■ It is believed that the ' living snakes take messages to the dead." Mr 'Nevill-Smith also visited OldMexieo,, which he described as "a painter's paradise." "The old Spanish the. primitive forms of agriculture, with the use of the bullock and 'the donkey, the brilliant hues of, the vegetation, and the rich warmth of the building stone and adobe are all material that can be made into beautiful pictures," he said. "The people ate charming, and particularly the peasant's, who have a great insight into true art. Anything that a Mexican, makes with his hands is artistic. Some of the finest pottery in the world is made in Mexico !- with the. most primitive instruments. One may say that the .Mexican people'' .ate happy with nothing.? . '"This is just a flying visit," Mr Nevill-Smith concluded. "I am going back to the States, which I consider to be-the land of opportunity. The opportunity is hard to make, but the Teward is jproportionally.'groater." ■