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- He has said art has now become a big part of his life and something that he does every day. His latest show includes another work inspired by his roots working as a shipyard welder on Clydeside.
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During the filming of the ITV documentary Billy Connolly: It's Been a Pleasure, he described how art had given him "a new lease of life". [11] Early life. Connolly was born on 24 November 1942 at 69 Dover Street, [12] "on the linoleum, three floors up", [12] [13] in Anderston, Glasgow.
In 2022 he revealed in a TV special that drawing had given him a new lease of life, having been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2013. In this portrait John Byrne depicted Connolly at various points in his career, wearing his banana boots which he first wore on stage in the 1970s.
Billy says” “Drawing has given me a new lease of life. I managed to get pictures together and people like them, which surprises me and amazes and delights me.”. Billy last performed in Australia in 2014, and formally retired from stand-up comedy in December 2020.
Mar 24, 2023 · Billy launched his Born on a Rainy Day collection with Castle Fine Art in 2012 and it’s proved hugely popular with collectors. The six new pieces are: ‘Birds on a Wire’, ‘Headrest’, ‘Backseat Driver’, ‘Very Humble Goldfish’, ‘Helping Mummy With Twine’ and ‘A Load of Old Bollocks’. Watch an exclusive video interview ...
Mar 5, 2020 · Billy Connolly says his new career as an artist is partly inspired by how awful he was at drawing at school. The musician and comedian is showing a collection of his drawings and one sculpture in ...
In 2020, he unveiled the fifth release from his Born On A Rainy Day collection in London, followed by another installment later that year. During the filming of the ITV documentary Billy Connolly: It's Been a Pleasure, he described how art had given him "a new lease of life".
Mar 23, 2023 · Billy Connolly has released a new range of limited-edition art prints – including one called A Load of Old Bollocks. The 80-year-old comedian creates the pieces in his Florida home and says: ‘Drawing has given me a new lease of life. People like them, which surprises me and amazes and delights me.’. Since 2012, he has been releasing ...
