Born on a Rainy Day is a series of six pen-and-ink drawings based on characters from Billy Connolly's imagination Photograph: Billy Connolly
This is the first time Connolly's art has been exhibited since he began sketching while on tour in Canada in 1997 Photograph: Billy Connolly
Connolly recalls that it was on a visit to an art shop in Montreal on a dull, cold and rainy day that the urge to draw took hold Photograph: Billy Connolly
'Art, for me, bears no relation to comedy or music,' says Connolly Photograph: Billy Connolly
'With a film, comedy show or music you expect people to be critiquing, watching, assessing. Art is different.' Photograph: Billy Connolly
'Each drawing has taken its own path and begins to come alive as the viewer creates their own unique narrative,' says Connolly's gallerist Andrew White Photograph: Billy Connolly
