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JOHN WAYNE

PORTRAITS

by

LARRY SNODE


All my life I've loved John Wayne movies, particularly the westerns. One of my earliest memories is of my dad taking me to see "Hondo" when I was six years old. Even at that young age I recognized there was something different about a John Wayne western, something bolder; men got dusty and their hats were ringed with sweat or the white salt residue. This was what we didn't get in the popular television westerns of that time. It was a look I fell in love with and it's that look I try to capture in my John Wayne portraits.


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Prisma colored pencil drawing of John Wayne as Rooster Coburn in 'True Grit' - 1969

JOHN WAYNE as Rooster Cogburn
"True Grit"
Prisma colored pencil - 13 x 18
Original Matted 20 x 24 - $450
Giclee Limited Edition
Signed & Numbered Print - $65 		Prisma colored pencil drawing of John Wayne as Ethan Edwards in 'The Searchers'-1956

JOHN WAYNE as Ethan Edwards
"The Searchers"
Colored Pencil - 18 x 16
Original Matted 20 X 24 - $450
Giclee Limited Edition
Signed & Numbered Print - $65
Prisma colored pencil drawing of John Wayne as 'Hondo' - 1953

JOHN WAYNE as "Hondo"
Prisma Colored Pencil
$100 		"Hondo" has always been my favorite John Wayne western because Wayne gets to work in this movie. He chops wood, puts an edge on an ax, shoes a horse and breaks a horse, all these things contribute to a full characterzation of a man who's been around and knows his way around. "Hondo" was filmed in 1953 in 3-D by director John Farrow and was produced by John Wayne's company, Wayne-Fellows. If you haven't seen this picture or haven't seen it lately I urge you to buy or rent the video tape until we're finally blessed with "Hondo"'s DVD release then buy it. The characters are great and so is the action (I particularly enjoy Ward Bond and James Arness).



Pencil drawing of John Wayne in 'Rio Lobo' - 1970

JOHN WAYNE
"Rio Lobo"
Pencil - 13 X 18
SOLD

Colored Pencil drawing of John Wayne from 'Rio Bravo'-1959

JOHN WAYNE
"Rio Bravo"
Colored Pencil - 8 X 12
Double-Matted 16 x 20
$75 		Pencil drawing of John Wayne as Captain Jake Cutter in 'The Comancheros' - 1961

JOHN WAYNE in "The Comancheros"
Pencil on illustration board
13 X 17
SOLD

Prisma colored pencil drawing of John Wayne as Hondo-1953

JOHN WAYNE
"Hondo"
Colored Pencil - 11 X 15
$125 		Prisma colored pencil drawing of John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles in 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'-1949

JOHN WAYNE
"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"
Colored Pencil - 8 x 12
$60 		Pencil drawing of John Wayne and Ward Bond from The Searchers-1956

WARD BOND & JOHN WAYNE
"The Searchers"
Pencil - 18 x 24
$75
Pencil drawing of John Wayne on horseback from Three Godfathers-1948

JOHN WAYNE
"Three Godfathers"
Pencil - 16 x 22
SOLD 		Pencil drawing of John Wayne on horseback in Monument Valley

JOHN WAYNE
Pencil - 20 x 29
(24 X 34 mat)
SOLD 		Pen & ink drawing of John Wayne from True Grit-1969

JOHN WAYNE
"True Grit"
Pen & Ink - 10 x 12
$50
Pencil drawing of John Wayne, Henry Fonda and Ward Bond from FORT APACHE-1948

JOHN WAYNE
"Fort Apache"
Pencil - 17 x 23
$100 		Actually this picture isn't from the movie because if you're familiar at all with "Fort Apache" John Wayne's character, Capt. Kirby York, was ordered by his commanding officer, Col. Thursday (Henry Fonda) to stay behind with the wagon train and didn't take part in the last stand but I loved the grouping of the men and threw accuracy to the wind and drew it anyway.
To order any of the works displayed above please email which work you want then send
your check or money order (plus $12.50 for shipping, handling and insurance) to:

LARRY SNODE
797 SUNSET DRIVE
ALLIANCE, OHIO 44601
E-MAIL: tlsno@alliancelink.com

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