Vincent Price - The Bat
Portrait, 8 1/2 x 11 in
Lead on Paper
The unforgettable Vincent Price is swooping in this holiday season - again remembered here in a piece paying tribute to one of his earlier and oft over looked films, The Bat. It also stays well within the Classic Horror series of the 1940's and 50's that we have been working on for the this Halloween season. Price has been such a presence in so many ways from his films and narration as well as being a real personality and family man, that I felt he had earned a place amongst names like Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone. II wanted to illustrate a younger more serious Price than many people are used to with this piece, when many people.considered him to be the up and coming, pretty boy actor of his time. Notice how he doesn't look serious or snide though, somehow he always maintained a sense of majesty that time hasn't varnished.
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