4 February 2013
Copyright 2013 ABC News Radio

Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is having an unusual art exhibit, February 21 to March 21 at the Rook & Raven Gallery in London.  According to U.K. newspaper The Independent, the exhibit features re-workings of his photographs, including shots of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, by contemporary artists including Wyman’s friend Gerald Scarfe, the creator of  Pink Floyd‘s art work for The Wall.

Wyman has a catalog of 20,000 photos, and he says he began learning about art while spending time in France in the 1970s with artist Marc Chagall.  “I met all these bloody great artists who are like gods -– Chagall, César, Arman -– and, although I was in awe of them they treated me as an equal.  They thought I was an artist of music,” Wyman recalls.

Of his return to the stage with his former band at their recent 50th anniversary shows, Wyman said his three teenage daughters — ages 18, 17 and 14 — were thrilled. “They’d been to Stones shows before but never seen me on stage with them, so that was kind of nice.  I did get some quite rousing applause when I went on.”

Now 76 years old, he will publish Bill Wyman’s Scrapbook, a limited-edition coffee-table book featuring rare photos, in March.

he may finally unveil his own masterpiece...'Teen Bike Seats I Have Known"........