So if you'd like to know what the likes of GQ's Dylan Jones, Al Murray, Mark Radcliffe, or Piers Morgan have on their walls...
Asking Paul Weller for a selfie is a ridiculous notion for me.
'Pick and Mix' Postcards, The Perfect Secret Santa Gift
Magic day swapping #SeeEmilyPlay for one of Johnny Marr's brilliant signature fender Jags. Johnny bought a #TRex piece, #Metal Guru last year and got in touch a couple of weeks back about See Emily Play. He rated it as a perfect pop single.. this time he suggested the swap and, with 3 keen guitarists in the house, well you've got to right?.
We chatted for a couple of hours over a cuppa tea.
I'm on a dry January. It's been pretty easy actually and strangely enough it seems to have given me more time. I can't really quantify this but that's how I feel. One of the things I've been doing is listening to a whole lot more music of all sorts. Most recently Iggy Pop's 6 Music show on Bowie. Having his personal memories overlaid on a seemingly endless stream of genius...
Ever since I first heard 'Tin Soldier' I've been hooked. Like a lot of people my age who were second generation Mods, it wasn't straightforward to do so. You very rarely heard it on the radio so you had to go and search it out. In fact, I think I first heard the song when I managed to get hold of a Small Faces compilation album, 'Small Faces, Big Hits' which was released some...
Heroes April 08 2016
Dear All, I don’t know about you but I’m still reeling from the shock of David Bowie’s passing. The following day I was asked to take a couple of pieces into the green room at BBCRadio 2 in tribute. We sat with people I’d never met in joint disbelief. For me he had what The Stones and The Beatles had, but there was just him. McCartney and Jagger were both...
I visited L.A. with Horace Panter Art this summer and had an absolute ball. We were both there as guests of the @MusackRocks Carnival which is a brilliant charity empowering kids by funding guitars and tuition. Now, back in blighty in November Horace Panter Art and myself are having our first joint show at @RCFA_Gallery in Birmingham. The show starts on Thursday 12th Nov and runs until the 28th Nov. On Saturday 14th, Horace will be...
This summer I had the great honour of visiting Capitol Records in LA to show them my work. I considered long and hard what would be appropriate to paint and take along on the trip. In the end I decided it should probably be by England's biggest export to America and indeed the rest of the World, The Beatles. In the U.S. they were on the Capitol Label. It also...
45 VIP Club - From Chelsea to Chelski It's funny when you think back, how what seemed like a small decision, made many months ago can have such an impact on your life. This was the thought running through my mind as I settled in the sagging, well worn seat in a decidedly 'underground' club near the old meat market in Volgograd, the former Stalingrad. Some 200 or so guests...
bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27229983 … The Greatest Song of All Time? Dear All, Personally I think there are a few candidates for this accolade. However Bill Board finally came to this conclusion, after thinking about it for over 45 years in 2011. It certainly started something new. It's a long and thoughtful song, bitter in places and I've personally never heard a better phrase than a 'Chrome Horse' to describe a big car....
COMPLETE CIRCLE Dear all, I learned an amazing fact this week. It was that since 1991, in the US the Beatles are the second biggest selling band at $65.55 Million with Garth Brooks at number one with $69.52 Million. So even after all this time it seems the World can't get enough of the Fab Four. By the age of nine or ten I thought I was getting pretty good at art...
Dear all, This year marks 60 years since the release of Elvis' very first record on the Sun label, 'That's All Right'. It has been on my list of great Elvis songs to paint (it's a long list) for some time. While I was painting, it got me thinking about that date back in 1954. We are preparing to celebrate my Mum and Dad's 60th wedding anniversary later this...
Welcome to our new Shopify store. We are hugely excited at the prospect of being able to sell to the World and have developed a range of beautiful Limited Edition Prints. There are currently 48 titles to choose from, all printed in 8 colours from original paintings by Morgan Howell. His series of 45RPM paintings are accurate giant renditions of classic 45s from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. Each piece...
