tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post5381383432390042847..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: "Got Any Good Art Riley Stories?"Steve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-37422590287471270422007-07-07T15:47:00.000-07:002007-07-07T15:47:00.000-07:00Apparently from the looks of that watercolor Art R...Apparently from the looks of that watercolor Art Riley was no "tyro" any more than your dad was, Steve! I heard he was quite a draftsman.<BR/> Julia Wright, the widow of storyman Ralph Wright (and voice of "Eeyore") told me one of her Art Riley stories:<BR/> Art was a talented, timid and miserly individual from a very wealthy family. He would gather errant golf balls from the nearby links at Griffith Park and pay the Studio "Traffic Boys" to wash the dirt off of them. He would then resell the golfballs at a profit. Art was also of undetermined sexual predilection. On a road trip with Julia, Ralph wondered outloud: <BR/>"Gee, I wonder why Art never married?" To which Julia replied:<BR/>"Maybe he ran out of balls to sell so he had to sell his own." <BR/>Ralph laughed so hard she thought he was going to drive the car off the road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-25343781143519264952007-06-14T12:11:00.000-07:002007-06-14T12:11:00.000-07:00I wish I had some stories, but Art Riley was such ...I wish I had some stories, but Art Riley was such a quiet man, there's not a whole lot to say about him except he was an incredible artist.<BR/><BR/>I used to visited his office on a regular basis when Walt had him doing concept work on the "Oz" movie we never made. Art did paint backgrounds on our movie, The Jungle Book. He was an amazing painter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com