ASTON VILLA DREAM SCENE

CELEBRATING 150 YEARS

PRINTS TO BE RELEASED BY THE CLUB ON SATURDAY MAY 17TH

To commemorate their prestigious 150^th anniversary, Aston Villa Football Club commissioned me to create a truly unique artwork. This dynamic 3 x 1 metre oil on canvas weaves together times, places and people spanning a century and a half, distilling the essence of the club, its spirit and culture, into one magical dressing room of dreams. 19 of the Club’s greats gather in a magical moment in time to mingle and swap stories that have become Villa folklore. The room is adorned with references that add another layer of storytelling about the incredible journey Aston Villa Football Club has undertaken to date. 

The club and the artist are proud to make available a selection of hi quality fine art reproductions so that every Villa fan can own a truly unique piece of club history.

LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER

Meticulously reproduced from the original artwork, this Fine Art Lithograph has been printed on 300 gsm art paper (95cm x 41cm).

With each lithograph comes a beautifully produced 16 page colour booklet, explaining the many stories woven into the scene (21cm x 21cm).

CANVAS GICLEE REPRODUCTIONS 

MEDIUM CANVAS. Limited edition of 150. 130cm x 43cm

A super hi resolution scan of the original artwork has been used to create these stunning canvas prints. Each piece is individually made, printed onto quality cotton canvas then gallery wrapped around wooden stretcher bars to look and feel like the original painting.

Each canvas is numbered and allocated a year of the club’s existence, making each piece truly unique. E.g. 1/150 – 1874, 2/150 – 1875 etc…

Accompanying each canvas is a beautifully produced 16 page colour booklet, explaining the many stories woven into the scene (21cm x 21cm).

The canvas and booklet are delivered, bubble wrapped and cardboard boxed with hanging brackets, ready to put on the wall.

LARGE CANVAS. Limited Edition of 15. 180cm x 60cm.

A super hi resolution scan of the original artwork has been used to create these stunning canvas prints. Each piece is individually made, printed onto quality cotton canvas then gallery wrapped around wooden stretcher bars to look and feel like the original painting.

Each canvas is numbered and allocated a year of the club’s existence, making each piece truly unique. E.g. 1/15 (1874 – 1883), 2/15 (1884 – 1893), etc…

Accompanying each canvas is a beautifully produced 16 page colour booklet, explaining the many stories woven into the scene (21cm x 21cm).

The canvas and booklet are delivered, bubble wrapped and cardboard boxed with hanging brackets, ready to put on the wall.

FROM THE ARTIST

It is a great honour and indeed an enormous responsibility to attempt to encapsulate 150 years of Aston Villa history into one image. It is a task that I take on with great humility and sincerity, for I can never hope to succeed in telling the entire story of this great and long-standing club in a single painting. My aim here is to bring together times, people and even places that represent the incredible journey this club has taken for a century and a half. I invite you to imagine what tales are being told and what deeds are being shared that have become part of Villa folklore. Stories from both on and off the pitch, with legends from different times swapping notes on their respective eras and the ever-changing style of the game they love.

Rest assured that being a lifelong football follower, an ex-professional footballer myself and having devoted the past 30 years to producing these historical artworks, I understand what a football club means to both the people within it, its fans and community.

Come and walk amongst the greats in the Aston Villa Dream Scene?