KEVIN GEARY'S PORTRAITS VIDEO
This year marks the 40th anniversary of my first one-man show, in 1972, which was opened by Harold Wilson, the prime minister of Great Britain. Since then, I have had over 75 exhibitions, and I have been priveledged to do portraits of some of the most famous people in the world. My work is in the Primary Collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, and my abstract paintings have sold at auction houses like Christies. As part of a celebration of this landmark, here is a video of my portrait drawings. It is accomapanied by a violin and piano sonata by Beethoven. I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to leave a comment/feedback.
"A first simple reaction to Kevin Geary's pictures is that they are 'photographic', but in fact this is not so, they go beyond the possibilities of photography in their realism, they beat the camera at its own game. One can imagine a camera taking one look at Kevin Geary's pictures and then going away to die of a broken lens......"
David Wehl, OBE, from the introduction to Geary's fourth one man show in 1974.
