The Artwork

Ronnie Wood: Artist

Made with creative input and insights from Ronnie himself, and published in the year of his 70th birthday, RONNIE WOOD: ARTIST is filled with a generous selection of his Stones work.

Rare watercolours of Mick, Keith and Charlie backstage meet 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 work demonstrates Ronnie's artistic range, with media varying from pencil sketches to pen and ink, washes, chalk, pastels, oils, and even bronzes and stained glass. Specially commissioned photo shoots in Ronnie's four homes have captured his personal collections, from sketchbooks to private canvases.

The Artist

Ronnie Wood: Artist

Ronnie Wood received formal art training at Ealing Art College before beginning his musical career, and throughout his time in the Jeff Beck Group, the Faces, and the Rolling Stones, he has constantly explored his passion for painting and drawing. He is well known for creating portraits of his bandmates, and rock'n'roll contemporaries, as well finding inspiration in landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and sculpture.

'Both art and music hold their position in my life. They bounce off one another and make me the person I am.' Ronnie Wood

Ronnie Wood's work has been given a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, and has featured in solo exhibitions throughout America, Europe and Asia.

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Ronnie Wood: Artist

THE BOOK

Numbered from 1 to 250 and signed by Ronnie Wood, each book is quarter-bound in turquoise leather with foil blocking and gilt page edging. The book's cover features a painting of the Rolling Stones performing at the Super Bowl in 2006, an oil painting that is now owned by President Bill Clinton. Presented in an orange and royal blue cloth-bound slipcase. Page extent: 272 pages; page size: 20.7 x 26.7 cm / 8 x 10½ inches.

THE ARTWORK

During a trip to Japan in 2014, Ronnie created a series of mixed media pieces combining collaged newspaper cuttings with washes of colour onto a monoprint base. This work from the series features a portrait of Keith Richards and is made available exclusively for Genesis subscribers. The signed and numbered Giclée on heavyweight Somerset paper is float mounted with a white wood frame and a UV-protective glaze.

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Edition: 250 copies
Signed: by Ronnie Wood
Method: Archival Giclée print
Paper: Somerset® Radiant White 330gsm, hand-torn edges
Paper size:16 x 18½ inches
Framed size: 20 x 22½ inches
Certificate: Numbered and signed by the publishers
Frame: White wood frame with float mount and UV perspex