Michie’s was a playful mind, perpetually amused by the unfolding comédie humaine of life but with the artist’s instinct to make his observations into satisfying, beautiful and thought-provoking paintings. Modular, colourful kids play areas are routinely placed in our public spaces. Playing Outside the Pompidou Centre, Paris the complex, famous façade designed by Richard Rogers, has become Michie’s unusual, charming subject, filled with the joyous faces of its child patrons, perhaps releasing energy after the compulsory museum tour.