Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, 75, is supported by pal Geri Horner as he unveils his latest art work

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He has exchanged a life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll for a quieter existence, painting in his rural home studio.

And Ronnie Wood, who studied art in the 1960s before going big with the Rolling Stones, proudly showed his latest work with an exhibition at Kenwood House in London on Thursday.

The rocker, 75, was supported at the event by a slew of friends, including former Spice Girl Geri Horner, 50, and her husband Christian, 48

Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, 75 (center), was supported by Geri Horner (left) and her husband Christian (right) as he unveiled the latest art collection in a swanky exhibition on Thursday

Radiant, Ronnie cut a trendy figure in a printed shirt decorated with mermaids, which he layered over a white t-shirt and combined with jeans from the Rolling Stones brand.

The hitmaker slipped his feet into white high sneakers and fashioned his dark locks into spikes.

Meanwhile, Geri, who shares son Montague, five, with former race car driver Christian, looked chic in a cream-colored polo-neck sweater she wore with matching trousers.

Artist: The hitmaker cut a trendy figure in a printed shirt decorated with mermaids, which he layered over a white T-shirt and combined with jeans from the Rolling Stones brand

Gorgeous: Meanwhile, Geri, who shares son Montague, five, with former race car driver Christian, looked chic in a cream-colored polo-neck sweater she wore with matching pants

Famous Friends: The trio chatted as they enjoyed both champagne and the impressive art on display at the event

She wrapped herself warmly in a wool alabaster coat and added height to her body with a pair of suede boots.

The beauty had a dewy makeup look as her famous ginger locks fell to her shoulders.

Meanwhile, Christian, who married the pop star in 2015, cut a neat figure in a navy blue blazer that he paired with jeans.

Meanwhile, Christian (right) cut a neat figure in a navy blue blazer that he paired with jeans

Impressive: It comes after Ronnie revealed that he had extensively recreated Rembrandt’s masterpiece The Storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee for the exhibition

Proud as a blow: Ronnie proudly showed his work

To complete the look with a checked shirt, he slipped his feet into a pair of brown boots.

It comes after Ronnie revealed that he had extensively recreated Rembrandt’s masterpiece The Storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee for the exhibition.

The 1633 oil-on-canvas was stolen from a museum in Boston, USA, in 1990 by two thieves posing as police officers in what remains one of the largest thefts in art history.

Revealing his tribute to the Dutch master, Wood joked that he’d like to reverse the heist – sneaking his version into the empty frame in the museum from which the original was stolen.

Friends: Ronnie was supported by his hotel friend Tamie Adaya (pictured)

Support: Former model Pattie Boyd (left) also appeared alongside Rod Weston

Coke: Ronnie sipped a glass of Coke while exhibiting his latest work (pictured with Lisa Baker)

Famous Friends: (L to R) Count Leopold von Bismarck, Countess Debonnaire von Bismarck, Pattie Boyd and Rod Weston

Speaking to the Mail, the guitarist said: ‘When I saw the empty frame, I said to the curator there ‘what a shame’. I thought, I know what I’m going to do.

“When I get back to England I’m going to paint the replica of it and do a reverse robbery and break into the museum at night and hang my picture.”

Wood, who paints in his ‘man cave’ on the edge of a forest near his home in Hertfordshire, has created a ‘bonus seascape to the side’.

He added: ‘So it’s a diptych. A double painting of one that, from my imagination, is a tribute to the Rembrandt and it seems like a kind of sequel and it is a message of hope for the future.’

Like Rembrandt in the original, Wood has painted himself in the scene. ‘I’m holding Rembrandt. I say, ‘Shut up, dude. Hold that rope.”

The painting, which depicts the biblical story of Jesus calming the storm, was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and has never been found, despite various clues.

Talent: Painting in his ‘man’s den’ on the edge of a forest at his home in Hertfordshire, Wood has created a ‘bonus seascape to the side’

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