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I was struck by the chiselled features of the avant-garde playwright, novelist & poet, Samuel Beckett and realised there's the look of a man who seems perpetually to be deep in thought and carrying the woes of the World with him; or as they say here in the North "He must have had a tough paper round!".

Born near Dublin in 1906 into a middle class family and, aged 14 was sent to the same school as another famous Irishman, Oscar Wilde. He once said "I had little talent for happiness" and suffered from deep depression most of his life, even when he was young man. Moving to Paris permanently in the late 1930's he joined the French resistance during the World War II. After the liberation of Paris in 1945 his writing was at it's best with all of his major works such as Waiting for Godot, and the Murphy, Malloy & Malone trilogies all written in French. He believed it forced him to be more disciplined and to use the language more wisely. He died in 1989 at the age of 83 in Paris.

For my drawing I used a 2b pencil and a pure graphite stick for the deep shadows onto a quality pastel paper, again with a high flecked finish for added depth and interest. Giclée prints are available, the 12" x 8.5" (29.7cm x 21cm approx) prints are on superior archive quality 192gsm paper supplied as print only and not mounted or framed. The Open Edition Prints are bagged carefully and supplied in a protective postal tube or careful packaging for safety. If you would like to see a larger picture of it before purchase, then by all means contact me via the 'Contact us' drop down menu above, please make sure you include your email address for the return mail.

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