 Sir Billy Connolly has swapped laughs for fine art and is selling four new pieces. The beloved Scottish comedian – who was last seen in public last year -has been a keen artist since 2012 and this week unveiled four drawings through the gallery Castle Fine Art. The pieces have been launched through his Born on a Rainy Day art series and are being sold for £1,250 each – but can be bought as a set for £4,500 framed or £3,300 unframed. The pieces are named Pontius Tries Pilates, One Armed Juggler, Nightmare and Drunk Donkey. Sir Billy, 80, quipped this week that he always wanted to give Pontius Pilate a 'keep-fit name', adding the idea came to him when his wife joined a pilates gym. He explained: 'I said it would be funny to call it Pontius Pilates, then I thought people would be offended by that, so I fiddled around and I got Pontius Tries Pilates. Sir Billy's swapped laughs for fine art and is selling four new pieces (Picture: PA) The beloved Scottish comedian, 80, has been a keen artist since 2012 and this week unveiled four drawings through the gallery Castle Fine Art (Picture: PA) The pieces have been launched through his Born on a Rainy Day art series and are being sold for £1,250 each – but can be bought as a set for £4,500 framed or £3,300 unframed (Picture: PA) 'He's just a guy trying at the gym, trying his best. I don't understand the whole gymnasium culture, but he's he does and he's good.' As for his One Armed Juggler drawing, Sir Billy said: 'He's an example of the fact that most of the figures in my work are doing things that don't matter. 'Just doing the things they do, thinking they'll do you good – I've spent my life doing that. You see guys in their 60s out running in the evening and you think: ''Get a chair. Get a chair and a bottle of beer and switch on the telly; who are you kidding?''. The star has been open ab){kind=link}
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Sir Billy Connolly has swapped laughs for fine art and is selling four new pieces.
The beloved Scottish comedian – who was last seen in public last year -has been a keen artist since 2012 and this week unveiled four drawings through the gallery Castle Fine Art.
The pieces have been launched through his Born on a Rainy Day art series and are being sold for £1,250 each – but can be bought as a set for £4,500 framed or £3,300 unframed.
The pieces are named Pontius Tries Pilates, One Armed Juggler, Nightmare and Drunk Donkey.