Ronnie Wood: Artist (Collector's Edition) - Hardcover

Slipcased and casebound in screen printed real cloth with ribbon pull, the front is inset with a bespoke embossed metal plate featuring Ronnie’s iconic painting Forty Licks. Printed on 170gsm Gardamatt paper and flood varnished throughout, each contains a bookplate signed by Ronnie himself. Limited to 500 copies.

Ronnie Wood is one of the foremost rock guitarists in the world, but his artistic talents extend beyond music. Throughout his stellar musical career from The Birds to the Faces and the Rolling Stones, Ronnie has never lost his passion for painting, drawing and sculpture. Exuding the same irrepressible energy as Ronnie himself, Ronnie Wood: Artist is the first ever comprehensive collection of his paintings and other artworks. Created to mark the occasion of Ronnie’s seventieth birthday, this special collector’s edition is limited to just 500 copies.

The bright, bold volume brings together the fruits of a lifetime in the arts, brimming with six decades of memorable and diverse work, from his art college portfolio (he studied alongside Pete Townshend) to the intimate work of his personal life today. Inside, a generous selection of his Stones work, including rare watercolours of Mick, Keith and Charlie backstage, meets acrylics of contemporaries Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck and Keith Moon. Portraits of formative jazz innovators Count Basie, Miles Davis and Billie Holiday sit alongside blues heroes Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Big Bill Broonzy. Paintings of Hollywood’s elite – Paul Newman, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe – juxtapose real-time fashion sketches of Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell and deft pastel compositions from his residency at the Royal Ballet.

The artist himself provides the captions and insights into the thought and motivation behind each piece. With an introduction by Emmanuel Guigon (director of the Museu Picasso, Barcelona, where Ronnie will be beginning a residency in 2018) and an afterword by none other than Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood: Artist exists where fine art and rock ’n’ roll collide.

This extensive and eclectic collection offers unique insights into the entire world of Ronnie Wood, and, with close to 400 works, is a fitting testament to the artistic range and ambition of rock ’n’ roll’s most successful artist.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Emmanuel Guigon · Ronnie Wood as Artist · The Life & Times of Ronnie Wood · 1. Early Work · 2. Faces · 3. The Rolling Stones · 4. Portraits · 5. Icons · 6. Views · 7. Ballet · 8. Animals · Afterword by Keith Richards

Ronnie Wood is a rock musician, artist, author and writer. He has been a member of The Rolling Stones since 1975.