Sir Billy Connolly, the legendary Scottish comedian-turned-artist, has unveiled a new collection of limited-edition artworks titled Born on a Rainy Day, released via Castle Fine Art.
The series includes four vibrant pieces—Saturday Night, Sausage Tree, Sunburned, and Fly Away Peter—each drawing on personal memories and decades of creativity. ($£1,150 each; full portfolio priced around £2,950 unframed or £3,950 framed.)
In Saturday Night, Connolly captures a flamboyant piano player striking “the leg thing,” a nod to Sir Elton John. The moment was inspired by the “backheeling” stool incident during their 1976 US tour, recalling Rox’s unforgettable energy and antics.
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Other pieces are equally evocative. Sausage Tree recalls a journey through the Scottish countryside with his daughter, when she dubbed an unusual seed-bearing bush a “sausage tree.” Sunburned humorously portrays a tartan-clad Scotsman turning lobster-red under rare rays of sunshine, promising idiosyncratic laughter. Meanwhile, Fly Away Peter features a colourful, bird-surrounded figure—“beautiful,” in Connolly’s words—designed simply to bring joy.
At age 82 and living with Parkinson’s disease, Connolly spoke candidly about his evolution as an artist: “It’s taken me years to call my art beautiful … I would never dream of saying it before … But I’m quite good. I can make people smile and feel happy.”
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