| Gordon Faggetter was born in 1948 in Surrey in the United Kingdom and since he was a child he has had a great passion for painting. He moved to Brighton with his family where he remained until 1965 when with two friends he started playing the drums and created the group Cyan Three (the name derives from the fact that they are three blue-eyed boys). The Cyan Three arrived in Italy in 1967, selected and hired by the legendary Alberigo Crocetta, to accompany Patty Pravo 's performances at the Piper Club . Subsequently the group will accompany Mia Martini . Despite his success as a musician, Gordon Faggetter's love for painting does not fade and he continues to paint in both oil and watercolor. It gives life to some of the most beautiful 33 rpm covers for some artists of the period such as Patty Pravo and De Gregori whose 33 rpm "Camel" is universally known as "La Pecora" referring precisely to the cover drawing made by Gordon. A series of prestigious collective and personal exhibitions held in the early seventies consecrate him as one of the most sensitive contemporary painters. In 1973 Gordon settled in Rome (then definitively in Campagnano Romano) and decided to abandon music and devote himself full time to painting. After the "surrealistic" period of the beginning today Gordon Faggetter has become an eclectic artist who ranges from oil painting to fresco, from charcoal to engravings, from the technique of ceramolla to sculpture, from watercolor to the last brilliant painting on old 33 rpm now ruined that paintings by him come back to new life and young people like them so much. Gordon Faggetter lived in Campagnano di Roma, where he continued to paint with passion, teaching painting, participating in exhibitions, and executing commissioned works. Gordon Faggetter passed away on August 12, 2020 lovingly assisted by his children. Gordon was a widower of Agnes who had suddenly passed away a few years ago. |
