Stewart Copeland has spent a career treating rhythm as language. As co-founder and drummer of The Police, he brought a restless polyrhythmic intelligence to one of the most consequential bands in rock history, drawing on reggae, punk, and world music in ways that reshaped what a drum kit could say. This page gathers the collaborative fine art work that extends that creative impulse into the visual world: Project Strata, a signed limited edition portrait print made with artist Ravi Dosaj after a Lawrence Impey photograph; his Rhythmic Expressionism collections made with Los Angeles art team SceneFour, where open-shutter photography and light-embedded drumsticks translate live performance into abstract image; and selected music photography from the Rock Iconix Archive documenting Copeland and The Police. Three distinct bodies of work. One throughline: the idea that what Copeland does behind the kit is, in every sense, an art form.
Project Strata
Fine Art Collaboration: Stewart Copeland with Ravi Dosaj, after a Lawrence Impey Photograph.
SceneFour | Rhythmic Expressionism
The Police drummer Stewart Copeland collaborated with SceneFour to create abstract art pieces that capture the unique nature of his musical performances.
Stewart Copeland & The Police Photography
Selected works from our Rock Iconix Archive of music photography.
Access the Rock Iconix Archive of The Police & Stewart Copeland