SAD ANNOUNCEMENT! Our favorote clown, EMMETT KELLY, JR. passes away Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 in Sierra Vista, Arizona. He will be buried in Tombstone, Arizona on Tuesday, December 5, 2006. It truly saddens me to make this announcement. The world has lost a true gift...God bless and keep you Emmett! I just realized that I never put the final version of my painting of Emmett on this site. So...here it is....my first official painting of Emmett Kelly, Jr. the world's most famous clown, as one of his licensed official artists! If you look back at my whole gallery, you will find the initial drawing stage of this and then an in-progress stage of the painting. "Watkin's Designs" an official, licensed distributor of EKJ jewelry are currently selling my painting on Italian Charms and on clocks...as can be seen and purchased at: http://www.watkinsdesigns.com/EKJEarrings.htm Scroll down to my painting...named simply "EKJ" This is a pretty straight on "PORTRAIT" in every sense of the word...but the painting of Emmett I am working on now is going to be an absolute winner! I don't want to spoil the surprize...so you will just have to keep checking my gallery. I hope you all enjoy my version of "Everyone's Favorite Clown"..... Emmett Kelly, Jr. PS...The second photo is of Emmett (out of costume, of course)and myself, taken at his 80th Birthday Bash in Tombstone, Arizona. Look carefully to the left of me and you will see a small print of my painting on the table. I made it's debut there and it was well recieived. UPDATE! I am now offering for sale 16x20 archival Giclee prints of "EKJ". This is the same size as the original painting and are on either Archival Fine Art Paper or Archival Fine Art Canvas. Please contact me for more details.