Caricatures
Wendell had not only the gift of drawing but also the gifts of humor and generosity. He combined these as he would often give paintings of caricatures of friends often depicting some humorous episode in their lives.
The list below (listed alphabetically) indicates some of these with the approximate year completed and subject featured (description pending):
|
Loyd |
Allen |
19 |
. |
|
Leila |
Arnett |
1984 |
retirement painting |
|
Rollin |
Burhans |
19 |
. |
|
Rollin |
Burhans |
19 |
. |
|
Rollin |
Burhans |
19 |
. |
|
Rollin |
Burhans |
19 |
. |
|
Chuck |
Bugg |
19 |
. |
|
George |
Cantrill |
19 |
. |
|
John |
Claypool |
19 |
. |
|
Dwight |
Cobb |
19 |
. |
|
A.B. & Irene |
Colvin |
19 |
. |
|
Finley |
Edge |
19 |
. |
|
Gigi |
19 |
. |
|
|
Ken |
Hall |
19 |
. |
|
David & Ruth |
Harlow |
19 |
. |
|
William |
Hendricks |
19 |
. |
|
Al and Frances |
Hood |
19 |
. |
|
Henry |
Huff |
19 |
. |
|
Edward |
Jennings |
19 |
Working on Jane Kent’s car |
|
O.C. |
Jordan |
19 |
. |
|
Jane |
Kent |
19 |
Asking question to Ed Jennings |
|
Mitch |
McConnell |
19 |
. |
|
Dale |
Moody |
19 |
. |
|
Lottie |
Moon |
19 |
. |
|
Bill & Nancy |
Mowrey |
19 |
. |
|
Dolly |
Parton |
19 |
. |
|
C.H. |
Richardson |
19 |
. |
|
Porter |
Routh |
19 |
. |
|
Porter |
Routh |
19 |
. |
|
Porter |
Routh |
19 |
. |
|
John |
Sandidge |
19 |
. |
|
Steve |
Shoemaker |
19 |
. |
|
Fred |
Smith |
19 |
. |
|
Dick |
Snider |
19 |
. |
|
Garland |
Spalding |
19 |
. |
|
Martha Gilliland |
Stewart |
19 |
. |
|
David |
Stewart |
19 |
. |
|
Bossie |
Thompson |
19 |
. |
|
Wayne |
Ward |
19 |
. |
|
Sam |
Weakley |
19 |
. |
|
Raymond |
Wieland |
19 |
. |
Most of these are not dated, so the dates given are approximate.
Often these paintings were given as part of a dinner given in the person’s honor, and Wendell, enjoyed making the presentations himself.
slide show for caricatures: