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QUINCV, ILL HERALD-WHIG D. 32,800 S. 83,000 AUG 2 3 1964 $kelton the artist Touches the heart too By SHARON LAWRENCE United Press International. 1 Hollywood, Aug. 23. ?╟÷ Some- OM^^ descnhod Red Skelton as a funny man who .through the years has 'become more a!L 8 com'c ?╟≤ ?╟≤ ?╟≤ he is now ohe of the wood?╟╓s great clowns, a star who can, touch the heart iasJvell as the funnybone.?╟Ñ. L The thousands of visitors u ftrst art exhibit discov- iftliiiil thls is true not ??nly , Skelton the performer but Jtlso of Skelton the artist.. L1 came to the exhibit out of MBMH a woman thp 4Peo hours camming fhp Im Ske.1jon 0,1 Paintings in the Emerald Room of Las Ve- gas I Sand Hotel. ?╟ Tve always admired Red as a performer* mm er dreamed that his paintings would be anything mmm 1 know that his paint- thlt heVrf' ii Same sensitivity WmM displays as a clown. , I i ne bands management had ttat pi*?╟Ñ " gHH| MM Sands and long a friend of the comedian, noticed a stack of paintings in a closet of Red?╟╓s Palm Springs home. ' , ?╟úRed, these shouldn?╟╓t be bur- ied away,?╟╓?╟╓ said Entratter, a serious art collector. ?╟úLet?╟╓s do an exhibition at the Sands where people can enjoy them.* , Awww, they?╟╓re not good shrugged Skelton, who d be interested??╟╓*' ' But Entratter won Skelton over. Not only tourists ahd LaS Vegas residents came to the exhibit. It drew art collectors ana fellow ^performers. of Red?╟╓s paintings are still lifes of fruit and. flowers, others are of animals, and one especially N outstanding work shows a charming little French; town. s However; the majority of ini work is, appropriately enough} of clowns. Many of his finest paintings are those patterned on such real life clowns as Paul Jerome, Bozo* Snyder,, Fe Jix Adler, and Lou Jacobs.' People often comment about the elongated facesv and big eyes of Skel^n?╟╓s subjects, ??vhe first thing I notice about a per* fSj1 his eyes,M he explains; To hie,, the eyes are the fur- nace of the soi^j and when X paint, I exaggerate to capture the true person as I see him ?╟Ñ Why .are the faces so thin?" 'Again, it?╟╓s because I?╟╓m try* icg to express the rehL person, I not the fat they might have! accumulated through the years. I That?╟╓s not an integral part off their true self.?╟Ñ Red and Georgia Skelton have?! a fine collection of the works! of such artists as Renoir, Vla-f mmck, Andrew Wyeth and Marl garet Keane in their home plus* of course, some of their ov ^ work. ' ^ _ Thus, ^r, Red has tumeq down all bids on his paintings! although he has donated sever ah to charity to be auctioned off. ?╟╓s . Wouldn?╟╓t he like to see hii paintings in private collections! and public galleries? 1 He still inists: "Awwtvj ^hey re not good enough.?╟Ñ