Shepard Fairey first showed his admiration for the great musician Neil Young by including a portrait of Young in his 2010 exhibition portraying cultural heroes.

And so it seems Young has returned the favour by inviting Fairey to do a painting that represents each song on Young's new album Americana with Crazy Horse.

According to the NY Times Arts Blog, Fairey was surprised at just how involved Young was in the process, which involved Fairey mocking up several ideas which Young then picked his favourite.

The final works will be shown at a private event next month at the perry Rubenstein gallery in Los Angeles and the paintings will then be available to purchase and may be used in accompanying music videos for the album and/or stage design on Young album tour.