One of the most commercially and critically successful entertainers, Barbra Joan Streisand holds the record for the most top ten albums of any female recording artist – a total of 32 since 1963.
The 71 year old has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammys, five Emmys, and a Special Tony Award. She signed my sketch at a recording session in New York in the late 1980s.
Elisabeth Moss made her West End debut as Martha Dobie in Lillian Hellman’s play The Children’s Hour, which opened at the Comedy Theatre in London on 02 January 2011.
At this week’s Emmy Awards she received two leading actress nominations – one for her role as secretary-turned-copywriter Peggy Olsen on the series Mad Men and the other playing detective Robin Griffin in the miniseries Top of the Lake, written and directed by Oscar winner Jane Campion.
Elisabeth signed my sketch at the Comedy Theatre in February 2011.
Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson toured New Zealand as The Highwaymen in 1991. Playing three city gigs, I saw Johnny in his hotel cafe in Wellington and asked him if he would sign my caricatures and possibly get the others to do the same. He was more than happy to do so.
A few days later the signed sketch was mailed back to me – fully ‘graphed.
Kim Cattrall and Seth Numrich starred in Tennessee Williams’ revival of Sweet Bird of Youth at the Old Vic this year. Both Kim and Seth signed my sketch at the theatre in August.
Dame Helen Mirren is a great signer. Depending on the usual equation – the demand divided by the time allocation – she either signs her quickies, which are “H Mirren”, or, if you’re lucky, you get the full “Helen Mirren”.
Over the years she has signed a number of my sketches. On this occasion it was the European Premiere of Graham Greene’s classic crime thriller Brighton Rock at the Odeon West End in February 2011.
My previous drawing of Helen Mirren in theatre as the Queen is here.
Many years ago I started designing Christmas cards. Sometimes I sell a few.
These are a few examples:
Silent Knight Christmas Card by ChicaneCartoon
‘Tis The Season To Eat Polly Christmas Card by ChicaneCartoon
Season’s Bleatings Christmas Card by ChicaneCartoon
Rebel With A Claus Christmas Card by ChicaneCartoon
To see the full set check out my Christmas cards page here.
Billy Connolly has made numerous trips to New Zealand, with sell out stand up shows, recorded a TV series entitled A World Tour of New Zealand and roles in films such as The Last Samurai, and a dwarf in The Hobbit series. In spite of recent cancer surgery and being treated for the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, Billy plans to undertake an extensive theatrical tour of the country next year.
I drew this caricature in the early 90’s which he signed after one of his shows. See my previous Billy Connolly post here.
Actress Amanda Seyfried was in London recently to promote her new film, the biopic Lovelace. She spoke at the Apple Store and attended the film’s gala screening at the Mayfair Hotel. On both occasions I missed her, mainly because I didn’t go to the venues! Instead, I mailed my sketch to her and received it back ASAP.
In 201 she made People Magazine’s Most Beautiful With No Make Up list, moving up to Most Beautiful at Any Age list in 2012. She also has a taxidermy collection that includes a baby horse, fox, owl, moose and two butterflies
This is a cartoon I did a few years ago, after a high ranking government official got her job after lying about her qualifications, including a fictitious PhD
I was given a packet of Staedtler finerliners, which I quickly opened and played with. Half an hour later, this appeared.
ChicanePictures 