Sir Paul McCartney Signed Lithograph Big Mountain Face Start Price USD 5,500.00 Current Price USD 5,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 17, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location Morro Bay, California See more about 'Sir Paul McCartney Signed Lithograph Big Mountain Face' Description travelsurf Store Sir Paul McCartney Signed Lithograph Big Mountain Face Big Mountain FaceA hand signed, limited edition lithograph. This image was used on the cover of his "Paintings" book. This lithograph is individually hand signed and numbered by Sir Paul McCartney. Overall paper size is  25.5" x 33.5" with the actual image size being 20.5" x 24.5". This edition is #83 limited to only 200 numbered copies worldwide.Big Mountain Face was the first of Sir Paul's lithographs to sell out, and it has appreciated in price substantially since the initial exhibition at the Mathew Marks Gallery in New York, November 2000."I thought I would love to paint, I thought it would be very liberating for me, I had got a lot of visual ideas" Sir Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney was inspired to pick up the paintbrush by the old adage 'life begins at forty'. He has been painting regularly for over twenty years - but his relationship with art goes back to his childhood in Liverpool.At school, Paul remembers being fascinated by the contents of the stationery cupboard - plain, blank paper and boxes of pencils that filled his head with dreams.The idea of an empty background as a starting point - be it a white wall or clean canvas - is still a source of inspiration for Paul. He talks about the excitement and challenge of 'killing the canvas' or making the initial mark on the surface. It is interesting to note that the minimalist cover for 'The Beatles' (white album) was conceived by Paul with artist Richard Hamilton."So what I find is that I do it when I am inspired, and that's how I can combine it with music. Some days the inspiration is a musical one and other days it has got to be painting" - Sir Paul McCartneyWhen he was eleven he used a school prize to buy his first modern art book, including works by Dali and Picasso. Then at fourteen he won an art prize for a drawing of St Aidan's Church on the Speke housing estate where he lived. "Some of these faces might as well be landscapes because a lot of the time all I want to do is apply paint … sometimes just putting on the paint is more interesting than actually thinking what it all means" - Sir Paul McCartney On Feb-16-08 at 10:29:43 PST, seller added the following information:Click to view supersize image Place a Bid!