Paul Whitehead > The Life and Work of a Creator
April 8th through April 20th
"Choosing 'artist' as your job description is rather like giving yourself permission to spend your life creating and approaching life as it comes to you."
Paul's real education came in London in the sixties, a time of great change, vitality and immense creativity. He designed his first record cover in 1967 for Fats Domino and became a kind of in-house designer for Liberty Records in London. Shortly after that he was in the right place at the right time and became the original Art Director for the magazine Time Out in London, an entertainment guide to everything going on in Swinging London. Naturally every band - both the up and coming hopefuls and the already successful - came through our doors to place an ad or seeking a review of their latest LP. Then Paul was introduced to Genesis through their Producer.
With Paul's skills and the visionary approach of the record company - Charisma - Paul went on to create the covers of three Genesis records; Trespass, Nursery Cryme & Foxtrot. To this day Paul considers these three covers to be some of the most successful collaborations he has ever had working with musicians.
Paul's collaborations include Van der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill on his solo projects, Lindisfarne & Trevor Bilmus, Tom Fogarty, Le Orme Renaissance, IF, High Tide, Mott the Hoople, Matthews Southern Comfort, and Colin Scott & Steamhammer.
Paul is mainly known as a painter and designer who has worked with rock bands, yet on any given day you may find him working on a screenplays or writing music.
Come join us for a look at the collection of retrospective lithographs and new works on canvas by this legendary creator who first gained international acclaim for his paintings used as mid-70s album cover design by British rock fusionists Genesis.
