The Lemon Fool

I'm stewarding at a local art exhibition and saw this picture by a local artist
https://imgur.com/eV0S4Nv

A gold star in your book if you recognise him.
It's still for sale at £110

--kiloran

It's Banksy !

AleisterCrowley wrote:It's Banksy !

Not according to the artist. No gold star for you.

--kiloran

It could be , how does he know what Banksy looks like ?

AleisterCrowley wrote:It could be , how does he know what Banksy looks like ?

I’m Spartacus.

No, I'm Spartacus. And so is my wife

Or is that Brian?

AleisterCrowley wrote:No, I'm Spartacus. And so is my wife

Or is that Brian?

You mean Bwyan My bad

AiY

Only if you're Pontius Pilate.

That's a police identkit picture of a guy wanted for armed robbery. ................possibly

kiloran wrote:I'm stewarding at a local art exhibition and saw this picture by a local artist
https://imgur.com/eV0S4Nv

A gold star in your book if you recognise him.
It's still for sale at £110

--kiloran

I'm guessing we're not the only ones who don't immediately recognise him, given that's it's still for sale.

Any clues?

HYD

Howyoudoin wrote:
I'm guessing we're not the only ones who don't immediately recognise him, given that's it's still for sale.

Any clues?

HYD

Clue 1.... definitely post-Spartacus era
Clue 2.... Perhaps a bit pre-HYD
Clue 3.... He had a borrowed bike
Clue 4.... He had a homeless old mouse

There. Obvious isn't it

--kiloran

Syd then.

kempiejon wrote:Syd then.

Aha.

Had to google it and presumed it was a singer or actor from the 60s.

Ashamed to say I couldn't name a single song of Pink Floyd's other than Brick in the Wall.

HYD

kiloran wrote:I'm stewarding at a local art exhibition and saw this picture by a local artist
https://imgur.com/eV0S4Nv

A gold star in your book if you recognise him.
It's still for sale at £110

--kiloran

I know, and where he lives too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6zf7P8eTRI

(I know he's dead btw)

Howyoudoin wrote:

kempiejon wrote:Syd then.

Aha.

Had to google it and presumed it was a singer or actor from the 60s.

Ashamed to say I couldn't name a single song of Pink Floyd's other than Brick in the Wall.

HYD

Google??? Cheat! Cheat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPMXt9Me_Fo

Kemplejon.....Well done. Here's your gold star. Print it, cut it out and stick it in your exercise book.
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht ... mrc&uact=8

--kiloran

kiloran wrote:

Howyoudoin wrote:

kempiejon wrote:Syd then.

Aha.

Had to google it and presumed it was a singer or actor from the 60s.

Ashamed to say I couldn't name a single song of Pink Floyd's other than Brick in the Wall.

HYD

Google??? Cheat! Cheat!

Given that there are some huge Pink Floyd fans on here who also didn't recognise him, plus the fact that I wouldn't know any of the members of Pink Floyd if they stopped me in the street and introduced themselves, I won't feel too bad about googling him.

Do people here recognise him now they know the answer or is not a particularly good likeness?

HYD

Howyoudoin wrote:
Do people here recognise him now they know the answer or is not a particularly good likeness?

HYD

Re. my post at 12.46pm, I didn't use Google and recognised him straight away. It's a decent likeness, notwithstanding I've never seen him personally, he didn't look like that for long and soon became reclusive and withdrawn once 'famous', and is like any pictures I've seen over very many years.

kiloran wrote:I'm stewarding at a local art exhibition and saw this picture by a local artist
https://imgur.com/eV0S4Nv

A gold star in your book if you recognise him.
It's still for sale at £110

--kiloran

The interesting part surely is - did he sit for your local artist, or is the sketch simply based on some other image? I suspect the price suggests the latter.

scotia wrote:The interesting part surely is - did he sit for your local artist, or is the sketch simply based on some other image? I suspect the price suggests the latter.

I also wondered why an artist in the Glasgow area would produce a picture of Syd Barrett. I'm not aware that he had any scottish connections, and he's not really well-known except among aged Pink Floyd geeks.

The exhibition finishes on monday, be interesting to see if it is sold. Next to the picture, there's a painting of The Big Yin and that has been sold. Surprise, surprise!

--kiloran

Just seen this - Shine on you crazy diamond...love love love Pink Floyd...

Cheers, OLTB.