Rock music cover artist to exhibit on Island

Saturday, 28 March 2015 00:00

The man behind some of the most iconic rock music imagery of the last 50 years has been on Island this week planning for an upcoming exhibition.

Roger Dean's fantasy landscapes featured on the covers of many seminal albums over the past five decades.

He designed the covers for multi-platinum artists such as Yes, Asia and Focus.

As well as his upcoming exhibition he has also donated one of his pictures for a charity auction to be held in June in aid of the Rebecca House Children's Hospice.

He told us he's been scouting possible locations for his display:

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