From our earliest days, many of our VAS Members specialised in pen and ink caricatures, as well as pursuing their more serious art endeavours.

Early artist, Percy Leason, was a professional black and white ‘sketch’ artist, earning much of his income from selling his sketches to the daily newspapers, social magazines and often hardcover publications.

Well into the 1970s, members Stan Farrell and Patrick O’Carrigan regularly contributed to the VAS Newsletter with their quick and humorous sketches—often using fellow members or well-known public figures as subjects.

Sadly only photographs or facsimile copies remain in our archives today—but they offer a reminder of the witty and fascinating skills of these early members.

Today, the talent of the caricature artists is highly regarded and often envied by their colleagues.