Here is Sally's interview with him.
Sally: Well this is a little off the beaten path for an art instruction book! What was your uncle’s full name again?
Deegan: Percival Origen Deegan. He was a little different.
S: He really knew how to draw, paint and what have you. Did he write any other how to books or draw anything else?
D: He only drew peoples butts.
S: What? Really?
D: Well he drew other things, but when it came to people, he only drew buttocks. He did write a book about drawing various cheeses.
S: How to draw cheese? That is a bit odd.
D: His blue cheese sketches were immaculate, they sold for quite a bit of money.
S: Fascinating. I heard your uncle was a bit of a con man.
D: Who did you hear that from! I’d like the beat the hell out of them.
S: So, it’s true?
D: Of course, it’s true, that’s why am upset and can’t ignore it.
S: But a hell of a painter!. I just looked at that old book, it's gorgeous. I wish I had...
D: Yes, Uncle Percy, painter of butts. He spent time with that painter of light guy, I forgot his name.
S: Thomas Kincaid?
D: Yeah that’s him. As I recall he told my dad once, “That TK, he’s a shyster’s shyster! If I only had half his flimflam I’d be a millionaire!”
S: Your uncle got someone to print a book devoted to drawing asses and named it that. That takes a lot of uh, presence.
D: Uncle Percy learned how to do it from Thomas Kincaid - that guy could charm a rock formation into a bouquet of flowers!
S: Indeed. OK I’ve had enough.
D: Bye to you too.
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