Billy Connolly has appeared on video for the first time since his Covid vaccination to talk about his latest artwork and hatred of going to the gym.
The legendary Scots comedian who recently got his second jag, looked in good health as he spoke of his latest portfolio of pictures and told some stories behind his artwork.
Billy, 78, who wore a t-shirt as he relaxed in the garden to talk about his new Born On A Rainy Day series of artwork which is officially launched on March 7, spoke about the reasons why he painted certain scenes.
The seventh release from his sell-out fine art collection included celebrations of everything from Glaswegian slang to his admiration of Bob Dylan and even a zebra crossing the road.
Speaking on his relaxed approach to creating art, Billy said: "People think I paint or draw things on purpose. I don’t, I just draw. So I don’t know quite what it’s about, but I’m enjoying doing it.”
About his zebra drawing Billy explained: "Zebra crossing speaks for itself -It's a zebra crossing the road. I started off with a donkey."
He added: "There's more colour in this collection than before. I was looking at the drawings and sometimes they were crying out for colour."
Billy explained: "I like the melancholy in my drawings. I don't know sometimes what it's drawing on but the colour tends to cheer it up and make it a big exposure. I'm enjoying doing it."
Billy also drew his own depiction of a Tambourine Man as a baby with a tambourine in each hand.
He said: "I didn't want to use tambourine man because of Bob Dylan's pictures of what a tambourine man is. I didn't want to dive in on his title, cause he's a hero of mine. I love him."
But it was his painting entitled 'Wearing The Ring' which appeared to provoke a huge response in Billy. He said: "It's a shallow look at gymnasiums. "
"I hate them and I have tried all my adult life to be the same shape as those guys who work there and I can't. I've given up."
He added: "The ring is a nod to that pice of equipment, kind of like a ring, that heavy thing you lift up. The torture I've undergone in gymnasiums."
