Amy Winehouse happy to be housewife

Amy Winehouse's manager has bought her a painting - which depicts her as a housewife.

The troubled singer was delighted when her manager Raye Cosbert presented her with the Gerald Laing work, which depicts her vacuuming a living room carpet and quickly hung it in her London home for all her pals to see.

Raye said: "She absolutely loves it. It takes pride of place in her home."

The 74-year-old artist - who first became famous in the 1960s and whose pieces sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds - said: "I think she is an icon and I am fascinated by her.

"Every time you see her, even when she has had a night on the tiles, certain things - her make-up, her beehive - are always intact.

"I've had the chance to meet her but I prefer to see her as most people do - through the newspapers."

Gerald produced several works featuring Amy, including one of her passionately kissing husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who she is now divorced from.