Pen & Paper
Episode #35
2016-01-22 01:29:44
As a young woman in the ’60s, Andy Austin talked her way into a job as a courtroom sketch artist in Chicago. She spent 43 years sketching everyone from disgraced governors to John Wayne Gacy, and says she only made someone look bad on purpose once.
Courtroom sketch of John Wayne Gacy by Andy Austin
Andy Austin’s sketch of John Wayne Gacy’s mother
Andy Austin’s courtroom sketch of the insanity defense placard
Andy’s sketch of Phoebe
See more of Andy Austin’s work in her book, Rule 53: Capturing Hippies, Spies, Politicians, and Murderers in an American Courtroom.