Amy Winehouse bronze unveiled in Camden Market by actor chum Barbara Windsor

Amy Winehouse by Scott Eaton. Photo by the sculptor.

Amy is shown with her trademark beehive.
Photo by Hannah McKay for EPA. With thanks.

Amy Winehouse at last has a statue in her old stomping ground of Camden. An impressive full-sized bronze by sculptor Scott Eaton, it stands in Stables Market unveiled by Amy's actor chum & patron of the Amy Winehouse Foundation, Barbara Windsor, on what would have been Amy's 31st birthday.

Commissioned by Amy's dad, Mitch Winehouse, the singer is presented in her trademark beehive, Star of David locket and high heels. The public will have the opportunity to interact with the statue by putting flowers in her hair, as seen at the unveiling.

For those many fans who liked to believe Amy had not died, this statue finally makes her death real; statues, after all, are not erected to the living. Now fans from around the world will have a focus for their adoration of the Back to Black singer who had simply one of the best jazz soul voices ever heard.

Lifesize Amy Winehouse statue arrives Camden 14 September!

The now familiar Back to Black cover image
photographed by Mischa Richter 

As a HUGE Amy Winehouse fan I was delighted to hear that a statue of the singer is to be erected in Camden, her own patch of our fair capital.

Expected to arrive on what would have been Amy's 31st birthday on 14 September, the life sized bronze by sculptor Scott Eaton, will make Camden a must-visit location for music fans everywhere.

Interestingly, Scott Eaton's website says there are currently no public images of the statue's final design. Images produced to date were apparently for planning permission only and no-one knows the precise design or location of the finished bronze!  

Hard to believe it's already three years since Amy died on 23 July 2011 aged just 27. Her multi award winning album, Back to Black, with one of the best photos of Amy ever taken (by Mischa Richter) on the cover, remains my favourite album, like, for EVER!