There will be a certain age group that will remember watching black and white television (erm - think I fall in that bracket) and who will remember the excitement of the Saturday evening show hosted by an Australian artist/singer/entertainer.
This personality would huff and puff a strange antipodean inspired song whilst slapping black paint (I assume it was black - we were watching monochrome TV!) on to a huge white canvas. Every now and then he'd turn to face the camera - face us - the audience sitting on the floor heads back, mouths open, watching - and say....
"can you tell what it is yet?"
Bravo!
What a man, what an entertainer!
I grew up, I moved countries, I forgot about him.
Then I landed in the uk, and there he was, older, heavier and sporting a fair bit of grey hair (mind you, that could also cover that same certain age group of tv watchers!) He was still waving a paintbrush about, but now as an accepted serious artist and he was still involved with animals only these were real and not part of his painterly act.
The other day, I was asked if I could crochet this man - as a birthday present.
...'Oh, umm, yeah'... (slight wobble in voice)
So, after much delay and procrastination and reminiscing, I now present my version of a childhood hero - and inspired by his own words ..................... I ask -
Can you tell who it is yet?
No - I don't mind if you don't know - it's not a good likeness!
I knew who you meant even before I found the link - Rolf Harris!! ha ha
ReplyDeleteSarah
Rolf Harris - and your version - when he was a younger man. I remember watching him too and singing to his songs at school
ReplyDeleteCat
I knew who it was too.
ReplyDeleteSarah, Cat and Thursday - we must all be of that age group that sat agog at his artwork on a Saturday evening!
ReplyDeleteI'm the right age too - your version is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteThanks Angela, Apparently the person it was for took one look at and squealed - it's Rolf Harris!
ReplyDeletePhew!