Article: Rolf makes a big impression on art; It's rather hard to picture genial Rolf Harris in the mould of tortured artist, but his latest series shows he has more in common with Van Gogh and Gauguin than you might think. He told Graham Keal what to expect from Rolf On Art.(Media)

Byline: Graham Keal

ROLF ON ART BBC1/Sunday

MENTION Rolf Harris and different images occur to different age groups. Children and adults today know him as the kindly man from Animal Hospital.

Children of the 80s and 90s remember Rolf's Cartoon Club.

We 60s and 70s types still picture him stepping back from a huge instant painting saying:

"Can you tell what it is yet?"

Well his new series Rolf On Art takes us back to Rolf holding the paintbrush, only this time he's not holding a brush big enough to creosote a fence or doing quick-fire daubings for the amusement of Saturday night variety audiences.

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