life and music

John Lennon was a political activist who remains the spokesperson for a generation through the popularity of his music. Lennon’s influence extended well beyond rock and roll. John Lennon was an artist poet, author and film maker.

Imagine

The handwritten manucscript to John Lennon's most famous and enduring song Published by Bag One Arts in...

Borrowed Time

Borrowed Time was inspired during Lennon's 1980 sailing holiday from Newport Rhode Island to Bermuda.During...

Baby Grand

John is composing at Yoko’s white “baby grand piano” in the living room at the Dakota.The joy he feels from the...

Jazz Man

Birds in the trees, a man walking his dog, pigeons on the street...the sights and sounds of Manhattan are captured in..

Feeling Good

In the drawing "Feeling Good" drawn by John Lennon in 1978, John is ecstatic,exhibiting..

WHAT SHE LACKED IN PASSION SHE MADE UP FOR IN GARDENING

Drawn in the late 1970’s John Lennon affectionately referred to this couple as “The Wrights.Published by Bag..

Sabi

John’s fascination with Japan and its wonderful language was the inspiration for Sabi. The word Sabi...

Self Portrait

Published by Bag One Arts in 2003 Serigraph on Stonehenge paper Edition size 300 Signed in pencil by Yoko Ono...

AISUMASEN I'M SORRY

John and Yoko sit back to back, touching, gaining strength from each other. Tears fall from Yoko's eyes. Johns look...

WHY NOT

John often said there are two types of people “why me?” and “why not?”John is seated, deep in thought,...

Suddenly 38

“And then I was suddenly 38.”The look of bewilderment on John’s face, having arrived at the ripe age of 38...

COME TOGETHER

In this simple drawing done by John for his book “In his Own Write” we see the power of people to congregate or...

Fame

Taken from an original sumi ink drawing, it depicts John and Yoko running in opposite directions away...

Day Dream

The pleasure of the massage evokes a dream like expression in John's face while the background...

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

What's wrong with this picture..absolutely nothing.Published by Bag One Arts in 1998 Serigraph on...

taste

One cannot help but see John's parallel between the intricate art of ancient Noh theatre masks and the reaction on...

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

The lyric is based on a campaign in late 1969 by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who rented billboards and...

In My Life

"In My Life" is a song by the Beatles released on the 1965 album Rubber Soul,, Mojo magazine named In My Life...

Woman

Lennon wrote "Woman" as an ode to his wife Yoko Ono, and to all women. The track begins with Lennon whispering...

Beautiful Boy lyric

Beautiful Boy was written for Lennon's son Sean, his only child with Yoko Ono. It begins with John comforting his...

REAL LOVE

Real Love is a song written by John Lennon - solo versions appear on several Lennon compilations and and...

Instant Karma

In America Instant Karma became the first solo single by a member of the Beatles to sell a million copies. It was...

Drive My Car

Published by Bag One Arts in 2002. Silkscreen on Woollfitts watercolour paper. Numbered edition 1000...

WATCHING THE WHEELS

In Watching the Wheels John Lennon Lennon addresses those who were confounded by his "househusband...

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is a song that appears on the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely.....

Nowhere Man

Lennon wrote the song “Nowhere Man” about himself after racking his brain in desperation for five hours...

REVOLUTION

Revolution was Inspired by political protests in early 1968. John Lennon's lyrics expressed doubt in regard...

Day Tripper

This song was released as a double A-side single with "We Can Work It Out" in December 1965 John Lennon said...

Bungalow Bill

"The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" is a song written by John Lennon and released by the Beatles on their...

Yer Blues

Yer Blues was written and composed by John Lennon during the Beatles' retreat in Rishikesh, India. It appears on the...

I'm So Tired

John Lennon wrote the song at a retreat to study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India. He later said...

Clean Up Time

Like some other songs on John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy album, including (Just Like) Starting Over...

I'm Losing You

John Lennon completed I'm Losing You in mid-1980 while in Bermuda after trying to call wife Yoko Ono but not being...

Little Flower Princess

Forgive Me My Little Flower Princess is one of the songs written by John Lennon during his 1980 holiday in Bermuda...

Stepping Out

"I'm Stepping Out" is the last single from the final John Lennon and Yoko Ono album Milk and Honey. In it...

When I Get Home

When I Get Home was written by John Lennon and recorded by the Beatles on 2 June 1964, during the last session for their...

Gimme Some Truth

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Nishi Blue Tie

Photographer Nishi Saimara took this photo of John Lennon during a visit to Japan in 1977....

Nishi Red Tie

Photographer Nishi Saimara took this photo of John Lennon during a visit to Japan in 1977....

Double Sided Drawing

Original drawings by John Lennon on front and back of a page drawn during a visit to Tony Cox's home in Denmark in 1970...

HE TRIED TO CONSULT THE STARS

"In one way, I was always hip. I was hip in kindergarten – I was different from the others….there was something wrong...

Poet's Page

The original drawing for this print was part of a series of drawings John Lennon gave to Yoko Ono as a wedding gift...