Portrait of Billy Fury
by Joan-Violet Stretch
Title
Portrait of Billy Fury
Artist
Joan-Violet Stretch
Medium
Drawing - Charcoal And Pencil Drawing On Sketch Paper
Description
A portrait of the famous Liverpudlian pop star of the late 1950's and early 1960's, Billy Fury, who had numerous hits during that time, including Halfway to Paradise, Once Upon a Dream and Its only Make Believe he had to give it all up due to ill health, but made an amazing comeback in the early 1980's only to die of an ongoing heart condition only aged 42 in 1983. I have sketched this in his memory in charcoal and pencil only this week remembering him and his wonderful voice during my younger days...his birthday coming up in April 17th he would have been 74yrs...there is a statue of Billy at Liverpool's waterfront to commemorate this wonderful much missed talent and flowers are laid every year by his fans on his birthday
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March 24th, 2014
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Comments (25)
David Neace
Congratulations, your art is featured on the homepage of "Created by my Pencil Power".
Joan-Violet Stretch replied:
Thankyou so much David for featuring me in your group with my sketch of Billy Fury :)
Kathi Mirto
A very nice tribute to Billy . . . what a sad ending! fl+p
Joan-Violet Stretch replied:
It was so sad, he was too young to go, Thankyou Kathi lovely comments :)
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