2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Ronnie Wood joining The Rolling Stones. To commemorate the milestone, the famed guitarist has debuted a new collection of paintings of himself and his longtime bandmates.
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The series is titled “50 – The Portraits,” and the four paintings—of himself, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and the late Charlie Watts—will available to purchase as limited-edition signed canvas prints, either separately or collected together.
The portraits can be purchased together in a folio featuring flat digital prints or as a set of four hand-stretched box canvasses.
Priced at $2,650, the Folio Edition will feature the portraits printed on high-grade textured paper. Each print, which will be unframed, will be individually named, numbered, and hand-signed by Ronnie. The collection also will include a print of a hand-drawn set list by Wood commemorating his first gig with The Rolling Stones. The show took place on June 1, 1975, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In addition, the Folio Edition will include an exclusive 7-inch vinyl disc boasting a demo version of a new song by Ronnie. The tune is titled “Mother of Pearl.” An etching of a “Ronnie 50” logo will appear on the disc’s reverse side.
The Canvas Edition of “50 – The Portraits” features the four aforementioned hand-stretched box-canvass versions of the prints. Each has been hand-finished and signed by Wood. The set is priced at $5,975.
Individual hand-finished and signed box-canvass prints of the portraits of Wood, Jagger, Richards, and Watts also are available. They each cost $1,650.
The prints can be pre-ordered now, and will be shipped starting June 2. Visit Wood’s online store for more details.
Wood Talks About His Dual Passion for Art and Playing Music
In a new interview with U.K. newspaper The Daily Telegraph, Wood said he felt fortunate to have the outlets of art and music in his life.
“I think my higher power is my painting, which I can get lost in, and get inspired by, and music,” the 77-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer maintained. “Without music I would be totally lost. And to be part of a group of people whose higher power is that music, and to be on that plane together—the unspoken plane, you go there and you’re lifted and you’re speaking through the music. So with those two things, I’m blessed.”
Wood’s Upcoming Music Plans
The Daily Telegraph also reported that Wood his old Faces bandmate Rod Stewart have been working on a new documentary about the group. A new album by the band’s surviving members is in the works as well. The newspaper also said that The Rolling Stones were planning to work on their next studio album later in 2025.
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