THE first British show of Sir Paul McCartney's art is predicted to break records at Liverpool's Walker Gallery.
The ex-Beatle is even expected to better the 1,000 visitors a day for the Merseyside exhibition of drawings by Italian master Leonardo da Vinci as part of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations.
More than 70 pictures by Sir Paul go on show to the public on Friday, May 24. They include a 1988 painting called The Kiss, showing Sir Paul with his late wife, Linda.
Sir Paul owns all of the art on show, which has come from his homes in the UK and America.
None of the original works will be for sale.
But twenty-five signed copies of each of three pictures in the exhibition will be sold at £1,000 each.
Apart from oil paintings, there are two works incorporating digital photography, as well as some wooden sculptures made out of driftwood.
Sir Paul, who has just finished an America concert tour, is expected to arrive in Liverpool tomorrow (Wednesday) to oversee final preparations for the Walker exhibition.
The works were selected by Michael Simpson, the Walker's former curator of modern art, who now runs the new Imperial War Museum in Manchester.
Mr Simpson said: "These works by Paul McCartney are not being seen in London. "Anyone who wants to see them will have to come to Liverpool."
The Art of Paul McCartney is at the Walker Gallery, Liverpool, until August 4.
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