October 2011
Art by Ronnie Wood is Exhibited at Castle Fine Art
The fire still burns with Ronnie Wood, as the legendary guitarist with 'The Rolling Stones' and accomplished artist for over 50 years, unveils his debut collection of fine art for Washington Green.
For rock and art fans alike, the five limited edition works of art are a celebration of Woods two creative worlds.
The Famous Flames Suite focuses on the four instantly recognisable members of The Rolling Stones - Mick, Keith, Charlie and Ronnie - whilst The Stones on Stage – Got Me Rockin’ brilliantly captures the raw energy of the band fronted by swaggering Mick Jagger.
Painting at full throttle, and with technical prowess, Wood gives the art lover an exhilarating and thrilling front row view of the Stones on stage, as his vibrant paintings convey the electricity of a live performance. The intensity that Ronnie Wood brings to his guitar playing on stage is brilliantly echoed on canvas and paper as he translates the rawness of a Rolling Stones performance through rhythmic lines, bold colours and awesomely accurate facial expressions.
Clearly his solo art performance has already won him a legion of fans, with Bill Clinton one of several well known collectors of his original works of art. Wood has also received critical acclaim with his solo exhibitions around the world from North and South America, to the Far East and throughout Europe.
The artist and musician paints in his studio in London’s East End, but he is a prolific artist and both his homes in London and Ireland are filled with ‘work in progress’. Wood is tirelessly dedicated to painting and is always on the hunt for more experimental ways of expressing himself artistically. He is also a consummate printmaker in his own right having developed the skills and techniques of etching, dry-point, screen-print and woodcut.
Wood’s personal triumphs and tribulations have been well documented but it would appear that art has remained his one constant and steadying influence and has indeed bought the guitarist and artist enormous satisfaction over three and a half decades.
“There is no kind of therapy like the one you have from starting and seeing a picture through to the end," says Wood.