Celebrity Portraits
A popular category. For a whimsical artist, Gary decided early on drawing celebrities—from the world of art and performance, from the world of sports, from the world of politics—was an ideal classroom, with well-known faces and expressions serving as his instructors. As it turned out, the public’s fascination with some of these celebrities translated into their interest in these portraits, which work best as reflections of inner life rather than caricatures.
Young Paul, charcoal pencil, 8-1/2x9, $75
JFK, pencil, 11x8, $85
Marilyn via Eisenstaedt, charcoal pencil, 8-1/2x9, $85
Patrick Stewart, pencil, 9x12, $35
Robert Johnson, charcoal, 9 x 12, $85
Snape (Alan Rickman), pastel, 9 x 12, SOLD
Giacomo Puccini
James Baldwin, charcoal, 12x9, $85
Surreal (Dali), pencil, 9x9, $85
Queen of Soul, charcoal, 12x9, $35
Rothko, pencil, 11x8, $75
Terence Stamp, charcoal, 8x11, $85
The Monster, pencil, 11x8, $95
Tilda, charcoal, 9x12, $85
Janis Joplin 2, charcoal pencil, 12x9, $85
“We’ll always have Paris”, charcoal, 12x9, SOLD
“You was my brother, Charley”(Brando), pencil, 12 x 9, $85
Robin Williams, bittersweet, pencil, 10x7, $85
Rebel (James Dean), charcoal, 12 x 9, $85
Sam Shepard, charcoal and pen & ink, 9 x 12, SOLD
And away we go (Gleason), pencil, 8x11, $85
Iris Murdoch, charcoal, 9x12, $85
Janet, charcoal, 12x9, $85
Spike, pencil, 9x12, $85
Judge, pencil, 10x8, $85
A Python named Palin, pencil, 12x9, $75
The Letterman beard, pencil, 12x9, $85
The Sultan of Swat, charcoal, 10x8, $75
Arthur Miller & Marilyn Monroe, wedding picture, charcoal, 9x12, SOLD
Tramp, 9x9, $85