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Vic Reeves exhibits art at Eyestorm gallery

Apr 5 2009 by Michael Kelly, Sunday Sun

A FLIGHT of fancy of North comedian Vic Reeves has led to an exhibition of his art work at a London gallery.

The entertainer created a fictional account of the life of Alan Todd, an actor born in Easington Colliery, County Durham, who went on to make films featuring Second World War aircraft.

Reeves came up with paintings to illustrate it, resulting in the exhibition, Where Eagles Tremble, now being shown at Eyestorm, a gallery in London’s Mayfair and online.

An Eyestorm spokesman said: “Surreal and humorous, like his comedy, Reeves’s new works are beautifully crafted and sublimely absurd and once again prove that he is not just a comedy genius but a serious visual artist who will take you to another dimension with his perplexing imagination.”

The fictional character Todd was born in 1916 and never grew taller than 4ft 6in. After training at Sunderland Drama School, he starred in films such as The Ticklish Bombardier. He played dull-witted, cross-eyed Irish bomber Captain Mick “The Leprechaun” McGinty, who dropped bombs by accident on British cities after being tickled by his pet goat who flew with him.

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