Red Skelton Artist / Painter

Red Skelton began painting early in his career but after his television show ended he became prolific. He painted and sketched hundreds of original pieces and by the end of the 1980's one of his original paintings would sell in the high five figure range.

Red Skelton often painted himself as a clown. One of his paintings, The Sky's the Limit, was inspired by a trip he and his wife Lothian made to Hawaii, during which he went parasailing.

Red Skelton loved clowns and most of his paintings reflect this.

Triple Self Portrait
Reproductions on canvas are now
available to the public through
Art Corporation of America


Red Skelton's photo of himself parasailing inspired the whimsical piece *The Sky's the Limit*

Red Skelton met Michael Jackson when the Jackson Family appeared on his TV show. They remained friends
for years and Red painted Michael on a linen for the Jackson family. It is now owned by the Jackson Family.

Red Skelton visits Michael Jackson during the filming of ITC "In The Closet" music video.
Red Skelton shows up at 5:41 minutes in the video.


The painting, *Red and Freddie Both Turn 80, reflects Red's* impression of himself as Freddie the Freeloader.


Clowns were Red Skelton's favorite subject. He created many different clowns, and occasionally used other celebrities as his subjects.
Many more pieces of Red Skelton's art can be found on the Red Skelton page at Art Corporation of America's web site and on the Links page of this web site.