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I agree.Page 4XLou Jacobs People often comment about the elongated faces and big eyes of Skelton's subjects. "The first thing I notice about a person are his eyes," he explains To me, the eyes are the furnace of the stax soul, and when I paint, I exaggerate to capture the truex person as I see him." "Why are the faces so thin?" Again, it s because I'm trying to express the real person, not the fat that xg2tiiyxisnd?? they might have accumulated through the years. That's not really an integral part of their personality*" x)_, ?╟? , n,, i the works of iced and Georgia Skelton have a fine collection of^such artists as Renoir, Vlaminck, Andrew Wyeth and Margaret Keane in their home plus, of course, some of their own work. Thus far. Red has turned down all bids on his paintings, although he has donated several to charity to be auctioned off. Wouldn't he like to see his paintings in private collections and public galleries? He still insists: "Awww, they're not good enough." What is Red's favorite among his own work? haven t painted it yet," the clown says simply. "I just haven't done the one that I really want to paint?╟≤?╟≤ "I don't know if I ever will;" ________ _____ ____ Tn August, Red will be in London playing the part of a pilot who can't * * get off the ground in 20th Century-Fox's "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines." Just prior to that he and his famous character "Freddie the Freeloader" will have filmed a hilarious take-off on "Elizabeth Taylor's London." Red or Freddie, whichever youp prefer will be seen on television screens around the world not long after the television special finishes filming. When he teturns to America, he will appear in several cities in his act and then it s back to Hollywood and his weekly hour television show. And it may be that when Red has time to relax between shows, he'll come up with the inspiration for his favorite^^inting..??