Lot 23

Michael Adams MBE (Seychellois/British, born 1937)
Untitled, 1970
Artist’s signature, 1970 (lower right)
Mixed media on watercolour paper
56.5 x 39 cm
KES 150,000 – 300,000
(US$) 1,200 – 2,400
Provenance: Private collection
Sold KES 117,400

Michael Adams was born in Malaysia but educated in England, where he studied Painting and Engraving at the Royal College of Art, London. On graduating he moved to Uganda where he became head of the Graphic Department at Makerere University, Kampala. During this time, he began working as a professional artist. He exhibited widely across East Africa until 1972, when he moved to the Seychelles, where he still lives and works. Adams has become well known for his vibrantly coloured silkscreen prints of the lush Seychellois vegetation, and in 2001 was awarded an MBE for his services to art in the Seychelles and was appointed the official artist of the Seychelles.