Oils on wood .. SOLD

Oil on canvas. For information about this work, please contact Walker Fine Art Gallery at 303.355.8955.

Oil on canvas. For information about this work, please contact Walker Fine Art Gallery at 303.355.8955.

Original oils on wood: SOLD.

Oils on wood: Available.

Oils on wood: SOLD.

Oils on wood: SOLD

Oils on wood: Available.

Original oils on canvas.. SOLD.

Oils on wood. SOLD

Oil on wood. SOLD

Original oils on canvas: SOLD.

Oils on canvas: SOLD.

Oils on wood: SOLD.

Oils on wood. SOLD

Original Oils on wood: available.

In 1970, while traveling through Nashville, Tennessee, Eric Clapton stumbled onto a pile of “unfashionable” Stratocasters® in a shop called Sho-bud. He bought six of them, and when he returned to England, he gave one to Steve Winwood, one to Pete Townsend, one to George Harrison, and kept three for himself. Clapton combined the best parts of the remaining guitars to create Blackie. This 1956-1957 hybrid Fender Statocaster® was one of the last guitars that he personally assembled. Clapton played Blackie from 1973 to 1987 when it became too important and delicate to travel. In 2004, Blackie was auctioned for $959,500, the highest dollar amount for any auctioned guitar in history.

SV-1 In 1973, Stevie Ray Vaughan walked into Ray’s Music Exchange in Austin, Texas, and fell in love with a beat up, thick-neck, tobacco-sunburst Fender Stratocaster®. Vaughan had no money and offered the owner a 1963 maple-neck strat® in much better condition as a trade. The owner gladly accepted. The 1959 sunburst body with a 1962 neck became known as First Wife or Number One. Throughout his career Vaughan had many guitars, but none more loyal or battle tested than Number One.

In 1969, while seeking a signature sound to set him apart from his fellow Yardbird alum (Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck), Jimmy Page acquired a 1959 sunburst, Gibson Les Paul Standard which became his “number one” guitar for playing and recording with his new band Led Zeppelin. Page later bought a nearly identical ’58 sunburst, Gibson Les Paul Standard from Joe Walsh, adding confusion as to which one was which. This guitar was reproduced as Page’s signature model by Gibson.

The Tiger guitar, named after the inlay on the battery/preamp compartment cover, is a masterpiece of guitar guru Doug Irwin. Irwin met Jerry Garcia in 1972 while working at Alembic Guitars in San Francisco. That day, Garcia purchased Irwin’s first signature creation which became the Wolf guitar. Throughout his career, Garcia had Irwin build four additional custom guitars. In 1979, after 7 years, and 2000 hours of work, the Tiger guitar was complete. Garcia played this masterpiece with the Grateful Dead from 1979-1990.

On a rainy Monday morning, in August, 1969, Jimi Hendrix was introduced to the world with his now infamous version of The Star-Spangled Banner, considered by many the single most remarkable performance in history. At his fingertips was a 1968 Olympic White Fender Stratocaster®, which was a right-handed guitar strung upside down and played backwards to accommodate his left-handed style. This guitar, the most recognizable guitar in history, has changed owners through the years, most recently being purchased in 2003 by Paul Allen. It now hangs in the Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA.

In 1949 when B.B. King’s career was in its infancy, one of his stops on the road was a dance hall in Twist, Arkansas. During the show, two men started a fight, knocking over a barrel of kerosene. Everyone, including B.B. ran out of the hall. Once outside, B.B. realized that he left his Gibson® acoustic guitar inside, and returned to the burning building to save it. He narrowly escaped with his life and his guitar. The next morning, B.B. discovered that the two men were fighting over a lady named Lucille. B.B. named that guitar Lucille, a name which has adorned every one of his guitars throughout his career. B.B. King has been playing Gibson® guitars for over 60 years, and in 1982, Gibson® and B.B. produced a signature model Lucille, which includes the fine-tuner tailpiece, the semi-hollow body with no f-holes.

John Lennon’s 1965 Epiphone Casino went through a series of transformations during its life with this Beatle. It first appeared with a sunburst finish in April of 1966 for the Revolver sessions, making its first stage appearance a month later. The following year Lennon removed the pick guard, and painted the back of the guitar with white and gray paint, leaving the sunburst finish on the front. In 1968, interested in improving the tone of the instrument, Lennon had the Casino professionally sandblasted which returned it to a natural wood finish. He played his Casino in the Revolution video as well as the Apple rooftop performance, and various shows throughout his life. This guitar is owned by the Lennon Estate.

Oils on canvas: SOLD.

Oils on canvas: SOLD.

Oils on wood and plaster: SOLD.

Oils on canvas.