‘Oor Wullie’ is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper ‘The Sunday Post’ since 1937.
It features a character called Wullie. Wullie is a Scot’s nickname for boys named William. His trademarks are spiky hair, dungarees and an upturned bucket.
Anyone of a similar vintage will remember receiving an ‘Oor Wullie’ Annual every second Christmas and having it read from cover to cover before dinner was served!
I have replaced the statue of him outside the McManus Art Gallery in Dundee with my version of the original illustration, to bring his character in to this drawing.
Graphite on paper
18.6×18,9cm // 29.6×29.6cm with antique white mount
Unframed
‘Oor Wullie’ is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper ‘The Sunday Post’ since 1937.
It features a character called Wullie. Wullie is a Scot’s nickname for boys named William. His trademarks are spiky hair, dungarees and an upturned bucket.
Anyone of a similar vintage will remember receiving an ‘Oor Wullie’ Annual every second Christmas and having it read from cover to cover before dinner was served!
I have replaced the statue of him outside the McManus Art Gallery in Dundee with my version of the original illustration, to bring his character in to this drawing.
Graphite on paper
18.6×18,9cm // 29.6×29.6cm with antique white mount
Unframed
Original artwork signed and dated by Brian Hinnigan
