For any artist, the opportunity to paint the portrait of a famous face is a true privilege. For Hannah Shergold, capturing the likeness of living legend Ronnie Wood is nothing short of momentous - a convergence of music, art, and philanthropy. 

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To paint Ronnie Wood is to honour a man whose creative output has shaped generations, and to do so in his own home, surrounded by the echoes of his extraordinary life, is to capture a small piece of history. But what makes this project truly daunting is not just Wood’s status as a rock and roll colossus, but that he himself is a classically trained artist.

 

There is a rare intimacy in portraying someone who understands the rigours, sensitivities, joys and frustrations of painting from both sides of the canvas. The weight of expectation grows heavier: how does one render a portrait of a man who has spent countless hours with brush in hand, whose artistic eye is as finely tuned as his musical ear, and whose face is one of the most recognisable on the planet?