This is a portrait of my vintage Washburn "Washington J9" guitar that I acquired a few years ago in Toronto. 

I was there, invited by Ronnie Wood, to see the Rolling Stones rehearsing.

I spent six days watching the boys playing in the basement of an abandoned TV Studio.

Keith was the one who inspired me.  I could not take my eyes off of him. 

Between each song, he was pouring himself a drink from the bottle of Jack Daniel's sitting on a little table next to him. 

They were playing 30 to 40 songs every night.  That should tell you how many glasses went down and how many bottles were killed. 

When I came back home with my guitar, I set up a little table and a bottle of Jack near my Marshall Amp.

Then I put "Can you hear me knocking" on the CD player and spent a few nights playing it Loud and Elegantly Wasted. 

Gerard Marti

"Elegantly Wasted"

By Gerard Marti

• - Limited edition print on canvas

• - Released as an edition of 75 prints

• - All signed and numbered by the artist

• - Steven Tyler owns the original painting 

• - Paris Hilton owns print #1/75 

• - Tommy Lee owns print#7/75 

• - Slash owns print #13/75 

• - Keith Richard owns Ap#1/75  

• - Mick Fleetwood owns print #15/75 

• - Ronnie Wood owns print #3/75