"Children love him...I'm not quite sure [why]. **Pulls out a crumpled note from a child with drawings on it** From Michael McClure II, age 8. **Looking at the note still** Holmes is riding on a dragon...I think he's killing the dragon..." --Jeremy Brett, in an interview
A majority of the following illustrations is displayed with consent of the artists and/or of possessors of the original artistic works. Therefore I express my good thanks to Tom Rieschick, Lee Eric Shackleford, Jen Starling, Leisl Adams, Louise, Rachael Patton, Nancy Beiman, Lucy Ferrier, Charles Prepolec, Barbara Gipson, and Carolyn & Joel Senter. Nine artworks by Nicolas Barral, with Pierre Veys, from "Baker Street T1: Sherlock Holmes n'a peur de rien" were extracted from La Société Sherlock Holmes de France and contributed by The Redheaded League [aka: Nancy Beiman]. Also thanks to Mia Stampe of Denmark for contributed an image to this section.
Please do NOT use these images publicly without prior, written permission of the artist(s) and/or possessor of the original works. These are the legal copyrights of the artists; they are NOT the editor's artworks unless addressed otherwise.
For more Brettish artwork, consult Influencing Those Inspired Illustrators.
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Artwork of Nancy Beiman
(aka: The Redheaded League)
"Why Brett?" starts Miss Beiman. "He is a real pleasure to watch and he manages to inject some humor into a role that is too often handled with deadly seriousness. David Burke and Edward Hardwicke also deserve cheers for their naturalistic portrayal of Dr Watson. They were the first actors I'd seen play the characters who got even remotely into the spirit of the original stories."
Artwork of Louise
"I usually compare Jeremy Brett to salt," remarks Miss Louise of Sweden. "He is that essential and exciting ingredient you can not be without. To me, he is also the perfect artist in every way. I seem to get closer to him by drawing him; one reads his face like the page in a book, where each photograph is a new page. He is a challenge I wish to vanquish; it's like breaking a horse in: difficult, trying, but highly enjoyable!"
Artwork of Nicolas Barral, with Pierre Veys
"To tell the truth," says Monsieur Nicolas Barral in an interview, "before seeing [the Granada] series TV, I knew only Basil Rathbone [as Sherlock Holmes]. But after having discovered Jeremy Brett, one cannot imagine Sherlock Holmes any more differently. Besides I created this as a homage to the actor because it is that series which made me an apprecatier of the character."The following are images from a newly issued French JB as SH spoof graphic novel, "Baker Street T1: Sherlock Holmes n'a peur de rien"! The character of Holmes is none other than a cariacture model of Jeremy Brett! If you examine closely, the Granada influence is very present (ie: the Baker Street study). For more details as to the book, consult Paraphernalia Brettiana de Exotica.
Artwork of Rachael Patton
(aka: Irene Adler)
"'Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms'," quotes Miss Patton. "The artist in me has always been drawn to people with deep expression. Jeremy Brett had that sort of emotion and remains one of my favourite subjects. His portrayal of Holmes will go forever unmatched."Miss Patton is also known in the Sherlockian community by the illustrious title "Irene Adler" and has created her own "A Monument to Jeremy Brett" compiled with more of her Brettish artwork.
Artwork of Diane N. Tran
(aka: Brettish Sherlockian, The Editor's Artworks)
"I am mainly an 'animated artist'," explains Miss Tran. "I have a great difficulty with realism, I think; I don't consider myself a 'realistic artist' because I'm so inexperienced in that technique. I do try, however, I do not believe I have ever successed yet. I honestly know don't what it is, but Jeremy has to be the MOST difficult man to draw! I think because his face is much too perfect. It's odd! Just when you think you have it, you lose it; one mistake you ruin the effect of seeing him. It's very difficult to get that effect -- for me, at least. And on the day I do get it right, I'll be so excited that my head will be THIS big! You'll probably won't get a straight answer from me for months! That's how excited I'll be."
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