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Ronnie Wood
Ronnie Wood was born in Middlesex, England, into a musical and artistic
family. Before beginning his musical career he received formal art
training at Ealing College of Art in London. As his musical career with
the Jeff Beck Group, the Faces and the Rolling Stones progressed, Ronnie
continued his painting and drawing, his subjects ranging from musicians
he admired, knew and sometimes played with, to family and close
friends, and, of course, the self-portrait. Throughout the years the
artist and the musician have been inseparable. As his musical career
progressed, Ronnie continued his passion for painting and drawing, his
subjects ranging from band members and musicians he admired, knew and
sometimes played with, to family and close friends and, of course, the
self-portrait. It is on natural to find him with a pencil as with a
guitar, drawing portraits of contemporaries and finding inspiration from
his musical influences.
In America in the early 1980’s Ronnie
produced his first prints – three woodcuts and a series of monotypes. At
that time he was not yet an experienced printmaker so it was with great
enthusiasm that he seized upon it. The opportunity in 1987 to send
several months working in a professional printmaking studio in England.
Since then he has devoted to a considerable amount of time to
printmaking and has produced a number of images using various techniques
–etching, drypoint, screenprint and digital.
Over the years his work
has been widely exhibited. In 1996 he had a retrospective exhibition at
the Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has had numerous one man
exhibitions in North and south America, in the far East and throughout
Europe.
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