Fantastic Divine and Thrillingly Bright I

Welcome to a 2021 edition of: story time with Slater.  At the start of this year I was approached by my friend Jermaine Rogers to participate in a series of fully licensed rock and roll prints through Echo Print Gallery.  The two of them had done all the legwork and secured an impressive roster of licenses with many of the world's greatest bands. Among those is the Rolling Stones!  I've always wanted to do something for them and after 17 years of making art for musicians the opportunity finally arrived.  As I agreed to the gig I stared at a John Seabury 'Sympathy for the Devil' print that hangs in my office.  I knew then that the sixties era of the Stones would be my focus.  After a month of work I sent the final piece off to Mick Jagger for approval.  I anxiously awaited a response and after a week we got one.  I hopped on the tele with Jermaine to discuss, but the news wasn't what we'd hoped for.  Mick was a gentleman of the old school, he was gracious and complimentary of the w