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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 numberius
one man exhibitions in North an south
America, in the far East and throughout
Europe.
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