Meet the artist whose job is to paint beach volleyball at the Olympics

Peter Spens, of London, England, paints the scene at Eiffel Tower Stadium during a beach volleyball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. — Photo: APP/Robert F. Bukaty

He calls himself a "troglodyte” with his brushes, oil paints, and large canvas among the photographers with expensive cameras and long lenses. They're all aiming to capture beach volleyball during the 2024 Olympic Games, but their approaches are quite different.

"It’s a collage of moments,” says 63-year-old British painter Peter Spens about his art. While the photograph is about a specific moment, "the painting brings back the spirits of the event.”