Stephen Fry Drawing

I met Stephen Fry at the Hay on Wye Literary Festival in 2009. I asked him if he would sit for a portrait. I had overheard him say in the Green Room, that he was giving no interviews to journalists. So it was a real pleasure that he agreed to sit for me. Well as the portrait progressed he started more and more to look like Oscar Wild. The more I did I began to feel in front of me was Oscar Wild. I asked myself should I tell him. I held back thinking he could get angry and upset, the last thing I wanted. I looked at my drawing developing and there was Oscar Wild, not Stephen Fry. I just couldn't keep quiet it was all too much. So with great reluctance I said 'I hope you don't mind me saying this but this portrait is looking very much like Oscar Wild.' I had no idea how he was going react. In a calm voice he said 'Thats all right, my mother says that all time!' Relief came over me. I had lived in Dublin and got to know what Oscar Wild looked like from photos of him. Stephen Fry's face has a strong character, it's a little twisted to one side. There is more to draw than a normal face. I like to feel I have captured his spirit and a moment here.

Drawing:Charcoal on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:22 W x 30 H x 0 D in

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