Sheeran artwork on sale – to raise funds for children’s charity
ED SHEERAN is best known for his hit songs, but he is also a keen painter – and he has put one of his artworks on sale for the first time as part of a charity auction.
The Yorkshire- born pop star, 29, used house paints to create the colourful abstract Dab 2 2020.
It is called Dab 2 because Dab has been Sheeran’s nickname for his father John since childhood and this is the second painting he has given him, this time to auction off.
Sheeran has donated it to the
Ed Sheeran: Made In Suffolk Legacy Auction, and it is the first and only time that one of his paintings has been made available for sale.
“I painted a canvas a day for 30 days,” Sheeran said in a previous interview.
“It was really fun. It’s kind of Jackson Pollocky. I bought house paint and just layered it up by flicking it. I just do my art and I love doing it.
“It’s something that makes me happy; that no- one else needs to judge. There’s no part of the creative process that people judge, if you’re just doing it for yourself. “Creativity is an amazing thing to make people happy... you just do it and it’s fun.”
His father John Sheeran said: “Ed has been creating art since he was a child. This energetic, expressive painting is such a positive affirmation of life.
“It’s like a visual equivalent of one of his upbeat songs.” Sheeran’s parents John and Imogen wanted to create a lasting legacy from the Ed Sheeran: Made in Suffolk exhibition in Ipswich, which tells the story of his rise to global stardom.
The idea of a Legacy Auction to support children and young adults across Sheeran’s home county was created after his parents met Gina Long MBE, founder of the children’s charity GeeWizz.
Proceeds will help GeeWizz to redevelop a playground for children with special needs.