John 'Patrick' Byrne - Self Portraits
John Byrne was born in 1940 and released a series of works under the pseudonym 'Patrick', that he claimed were created by his father.
In 1968 The Beatles commissioned 'Patrick' to create a possible cover for what would become 'The White Album'. It wasn’t used then, but the work re-surfaced as the cover for the compilation album 'The Beatles Ballads' twelve years later. In 1971 he created the artwork for the cover of the Donovan album 'H.M.S. Donovan'.
It was Gerry Rafferty however that John did the most work for, with covers for
The Humblebums, Stealers Wheel and also a number of his solo albums.
John Byrne was born in 1940 and released a series of works under the pseudonym 'Patrick', that he claimed were created by his father.
In 1968 The Beatles commissioned 'Patrick' to create a possible cover for what would become 'The White Album'. It wasn’t used then, but the work re-surfaced as the cover for the compilation album 'The Beatles Ballads' twelve years later. In 1971 he created the artwork for the cover of the Donovan album 'H.M.S. Donovan'.
It was Gerry Rafferty however that John did the most work for, with covers for
The Humblebums, Stealers Wheel and also a number of his solo albums.